diff --git a/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh b/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
index 5f35742..32b5a61 100755
--- a/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
+++ b/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ case "${DEBIAN_RELEASE}" in
     ;;
 esac
 
-DEBOPT_OPTIONS+=("--variant=minbase --include=systemd,systemd-sysv,init,isc-dhcp-client,ifupdown,ca-certificates${pkg_eatmydata}${pkg_usrmerge}")
+DEBOPT_OPTIONS+=("--variant=minbase --include=systemd,systemd-sysv,init,zstd,isc-dhcp-client,ifupdown,ca-certificates${pkg_eatmydata}${pkg_usrmerge}")
 # TT#61152 Add configuration Acquire::Retries=3, for apt to retry downloads
 DEBOPT_OPTIONS+=("--aptopt='Acquire::Retries=3'")