diff --git a/package/zstd/zstd.mk b/package/zstd/zstd.mk
index c3af9bd58c..a4f0632fcf 100644
--- a/package/zstd/zstd.mk
+++ b/package/zstd/zstd.mk
@@ -76,18 +76,20 @@ define ZSTD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) PREFIX=/usr -C $(@D)/lib $(ZSTD_INSTALL_LIBS)
 endef
 
-# note: no 'HAVE_...' options for host library build only
+# note: only limited 'HAVE_...' options for host library build only
+HOST_ZSTD_OPTS = HAVE_THREAD=1
+
 define HOST_ZSTD_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) \
-		-C $(@D)/lib libzstd.a libzstd
-	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) \
+	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_ZSTD_OPTS) \
+		-C $(@D)/lib libzstd.a-mt libzstd-mt
+	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_ZSTD_OPTS) \
 		-C $(@D) zstd
 endef
 
 define HOST_ZSTD_INSTALL_CMDS
-	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) \
+	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_ZSTD_OPTS) \
 		DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR) PREFIX=/usr -C $(@D)/lib install
-	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) \
+	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_ZSTD_OPTS) \
 		DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR) PREFIX=/usr -C $(@D)/programs install
 endef