diff --git a/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf b/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
index c23736366..c5276e1aa 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ archboot_usb_modeswitch archboot_secure_boot_arm archboot_efivar archboot_lshw)
 # COMPRESSION
 # Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
 # is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
+COMPRESSION="zstd"
 #COMPRESSION="gzip"
 #COMPRESSION="bzip2"
 #COMPRESSION="lzma"