diff --git a/cpp-httplib.changes b/cpp-httplib.changes
index 8780075..e771e52 100644
--- a/cpp-httplib.changes
+++ b/cpp-httplib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 19 20:04:41 UTC 2025 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Add dependency from cpp-httplib-devel to libzstd-devel
+  to workaround cmake wanting it in all cases unconditionally.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 12 11:00:44 UTC 2025 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cpp-httplib.spec b/cpp-httplib.spec
index b69fa35..aa3d4b8 100644
--- a/cpp-httplib.spec
+++ b/cpp-httplib.spec
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Summary:        A C++11 HTTP/HTTPS library
 %package devel
 Summary:        A C++11 HTTP/HTTPS library
 Requires:       lib%{name}%{libver} = %{version}
+# cmake files require presence of libzstd even if httplib was built without it
+Requires:       pkgconfig(libzstd)
 
 %description
 This is a multi-threaded HTTP library with blocking I/O. There is no