diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 07f6d034f795..ec73ca5602a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ let
       bzip2.dev
       icu
       xz.dev
+      zstd.dev
       pcre.dev
       jdk
       libzip