diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
index 5a153393ccdba..b96de3ce99886 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gnugrep
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, gnugrep
 , fixDarwinDylibNames
 , file
-, legacySupport ? false }:
+, legacySupport ? false
+, static ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zstd";
@@ -14,34 +15,42 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "facebook";
   };
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" ];
+
   buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
 
-  makeFlags = [
-    "ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=${if legacySupport then "1" else "0"}"
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  patches = [(fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/commit/bda4669edc38c61e033bcf3905932e6d79c9d64a.diff";
+    sha256 = "0asnslwb5k6g8yfr263fddarfmawsmvpdvbfyww773na2mmvhk66";
+  })];
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DZSTD_BUILD_SHARED:BOOL=${if static then "OFF" else "ON"}"
+    "-DZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT:BOOl=${if legacySupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
+    "-DZSTD_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=ON"
   ];
+  cmakeDir = "../build/cmake";
+  dontUseCmakeBuildDir = true;
+  preConfigure = ''
+    mkdir -p build_ && cd $_
+  '';
 
   checkInputs = [ file ];
   doCheck = true;
   preCheck = ''
-    substituteInPlace tests/playTests.sh \
+    substituteInPlace ../tests/playTests.sh \
       --replace 'MD5SUM="md5 -r"' 'MD5SUM="md5sum"'
   '';
 
-  installFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=$(out)"
-  ];
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    substituteInPlace programs/zstdgrep \
+  preInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!static) ''
+    substituteInPlace ../programs/zstdgrep \
       --replace ":-grep" ":-${gnugrep}/bin/grep" \
       --replace ":-zstdcat" ":-$out/bin/zstdcat"
 
-    substituteInPlace programs/zstdless \
+    substituteInPlace ../programs/zstdless \
       --replace "zstdcat" "$out/bin/zstdcat"
   '';
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Zstandard real-time compression algorithm";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index d17080960329a..8ccb1c87f8148 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ in {
     staticOnly = true;
   };
 
+  zstd = super.zstd.override {
+    static = true;
+  };
+
   llvmPackages_8 = super.llvmPackages_8 // {
     libraries = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries // rec {
       libcxxabi = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries.libcxxabi.override {