diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index da9c4b9..c364f34 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@
 	path = deps/ChaiScript
 	url = https://github.com/ChaiScript/ChaiScript.git
 	branch = master
+[submodule "deps/zstd"]
+	path = deps/zstd
+	url = https://github.com/facebook/zstd.git
diff --git a/deps/premake/zstd.lua b/deps/premake/zstd.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b088160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/premake/zstd.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+zstd = {
+	source = path.join(dependencies.basePath, "zstd"),
+}
+
+function zstd.import()
+	links { "zstd" }
+	zstd.includes()
+end
+
+function zstd.includes()
+	includedirs {
+		path.join(zstd.source, "lib"),
+		path.join(zstd.source, "lib/common"),
+		--path.join(zstd.source, "zlibWrapper")
+	}
+end
+
+function zstd.project()
+	project "zstd"
+		language "C"
+
+		zstd.includes()
+
+		files {
+			path.join(zstd.source, "lib/**.h"),
+			path.join(zstd.source, "lib/**.c"),
+			--path.join(zstd.source, "zlibWrapper/zstd_zlibwrapper.h"),
+			--path.join(zstd.source, "zlibWrapper/zstd_zlibwrapper.c"),
+		}
+		removefiles {
+			path.join(zstd.source, "lib/legacy/**.*"),
+			--path.join(zstd.source, "zlibWrapper/examples/**.*"),
+		}
+		defines {
+			"zstd_DLL",
+			"_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE",
+		}
+
+		warnings "Off"
+		kind "StaticLib"
+end
+
+table.insert(dependencies, zstd)
diff --git a/deps/zstd b/deps/zstd
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d3ec368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/zstd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d3ec368e13cac8391264ae2de3e9b930b199e282