diff --git a/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc b/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc
index c72b4cb5d0..e17d5ef46d 100644
--- a/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc
+++ b/meta-python/conf/include/ptest-packagelists-meta-python.inc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST_META_PYTHON = "\
     python3-ansicolors \
     python3-asgiref \
     python3-aspectlib \
+    python3-backports-zstd \
     python3-betamax \
     python3-bleak \
     python3-blinker \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-backports-zstd_1.2.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-backports-zstd_1.2.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a07c36c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-backports-zstd_1.2.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+SUMMARY = "Backport of compression.zstd"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/rogdham/backports.zstd"
+LICENSE = "0BSD & PSF-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=224f30639105a6ab845e068c2d0903ff \
+                    file://LICENSE_zstd.txt;md5=85fffd6822a26cd7d2a6eeb939ada0da \
+                    file://src/c/pythoncapi-compat/COPYING;md5=f74f54822fab8814a50330e4e4578b88 \
+                    file://src/c/zstd/LICENSE;md5=0822a32f7acdbe013606746641746ee8"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6c3fc19342db750b52fde793e4440a93575761b1493bb4a1d3b26033d2bd3452"
+
+inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta ptest-python-pytest
+
+PYPI_PACKAGE = "backports_zstd"
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash python3-compile python3-codecs python3-mypy"