diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 7ee12f4524..f79e278b1c 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ class FetchMethod(object):
                      (file, urldata.parm.get('unpack')))
 
         base, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
-        if ext in ['.gz', '.bz2', '.Z', '.xz', '.lz']:
+        if ext in ['.gz', '.bz2', '.Z', '.xz', '.lz', '.zst']:
             efile = os.path.join(rootdir, os.path.basename(base))
         else:
             efile = file