diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake
index f48bbe4d03..887dfb88a6 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(Zstd IMPORTED_TARGET libzstd)
+pkg_check_modules(Zstd IMPORTED_TARGET libzstd>=1.4)
 
 if(Zstd_FOUND)
     target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLAMMPS_ZSTD)