diff --git a/rules/rules.mk b/rules/rules.mk
index 167e9ba..285bd77 100644
--- a/rules/rules.mk
+++ b/rules/rules.mk
@@ -370,9 +370,12 @@ $(DISTDIR):
 .PHONY: dist
 dist: $(DISTDIR).zip $(DISTDIR).tar.zst
 
-$(DISTDIR).tar.bz2 $(DISTDIR).tar.gz $(DISTDIR).tar.xz $(DISTDIR).zip $(DISTDIR).tar.zst: install-dist
+$(DISTDIR).tar.bz2 $(DISTDIR).tar.gz $(DISTDIR).tar.xz $(DISTDIR).zip: install-dist
 	bsdtar -acf $@ $(DISTDIR)
 
+$(DISTDIR).tar.zst: install-dist
+	bsdtar --zstd --options zstd:compression-level=19 -cf $@ $(DISTDIR)
+
 _E = md txt markdown
 dist_doc_DATA ?= $(wildcard $(foreach B,readme README contributors CONTRIBUTORS fontlog FONTLOG,$(foreach E,$(_E),$(B).$(E))))
 dist_license_DATA ?= $(wildcard $(foreach B,ofl OFL ofl-faq OFL-FAQ license LICENSE copying COPYING copyingn-ofl COPYING-OFL authors AUTHORS,$(foreach E,$(_E),$(B).$(E))))