diff --git a/obs-service-recompress.spec b/obs-service-recompress.spec
index a7f4385..d8b0c9e 100644
--- a/obs-service-recompress.spec
+++ b/obs-service-recompress.spec
@@ -31,11 +31,16 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 BuildRequires:  bzip2
 BuildRequires:  gzip
 BuildRequires:  xz
-BuildRequires:  zstd
 Requires:       bzip2
 Requires:       gzip
 Requires:       xz
+
+%if (0%{?suse_version} <= 1500 && 0%{?sle_version} <= 150000) || 0%{?fedora_version} < 25 || 0%{?rhel_version} < 6
+# noop
+%else
+BuildRequires:  zstd
 Requires:       zstd
+%endif
 
 BuildArch:      noarch