diff --git a/packages/compress/zstd/package.mk b/packages/compress/zstd/package.mk
index 1c583d6d36..44fecb9a9d 100644
--- a/packages/compress/zstd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/zstd/package.mk
@@ -7,16 +7,33 @@ PKG_SHA256="3ea06164971edec7caa2045a1932d757c1815858e4c2b68c7ef812647535c23f"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD/GPLv2"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.zstd.net"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.zst"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host meson:host ninja:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="cmake:host make:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A fast real-time compression algorithm."
+# Override toolchain as meson and ninja are not built yet
+# and zstd is a dependency of ccache
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake-make"
 
 configure_package() {
-  PKG_MESON_SCRIPT="${PKG_BUILD}/build/meson/meson.build"
+  PKG_CMAKE_SCRIPT="${PKG_BUILD}/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt"
 }
 
-PKG_MESON_OPTS_HOST="-Dlegacy_level=0 \
-                     -Dbin_programs=false \
-                     -Dzlib=disabled \
-                     -Dlzma=disabled \
-                     -Dlz4=disabled"
+configure_host() {
+  # custom cmake build to override the LOCAL_CC/CXX
+  setup_toolchain host:cmake-make
+  cp ${CMAKE_CONF} cmake-zstd.conf
+
+  echo "SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   $LOCAL_CC)"  >> cmake-zstd.conf
+  echo "SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER $LOCAL_CXX)" >> cmake-zstd.conf
+
+  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake-zstd.conf \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${TOOLCHAIN} \
+        -DZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=0 \
+        -DZSTD_BUILD_PROGRAMS=OFF \
+        -DZSTD_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+        ${PKG_CMAKE_SCRIPT%/*}
+}
+
+make_host() {
+  :
+}