diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/zstandard.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/zstandard.cmake
index 36f894a4f1f..7457c07fadf 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/zstandard.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/zstandard.cmake
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_zstandard
 
   BUILD_COMMAND
     ${PYTHON_BINARY} setup.py
-      build ${ZSTANDARD_BUILD_OPTION} -j${PYTHON_MAKE_THREADS}
+      --system-zstd
+      build_ext ${ZSTANDARD_BUILD_OPTION} -j${PYTHON_MAKE_THREADS}
+      --include-dirs=${LIBDIR}/zstd/include
+      --library-dirs=${LIBDIR}/zstd/lib
       install
       --old-and-unmanageable