diff --git a/tools/binman/btool/zstd.py b/tools/binman/btool/zstd.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..299bd37126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/btool/zstd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
+# Stefan Herbrechtsmeier <stefan.herbrechtsmeier@weidmueller.com>
+#
+"""Bintool implementation for zstd
+
+zstd allows compression and decompression of files.
+
+Documentation is available via::
+
+   man zstd
+"""
+
+from binman import bintool
+
+# pylint: disable=C0103
+class Bintoolzstd(bintool.BintoolPacker):
+    """Compression/decompression using the zstd algorithm
+
+    This bintool supports running `zstd` to compress and decompress data, as
+    used by binman.
+
+    It is also possible to fetch the tool, which uses `apt` to install it.
+
+    Documentation is available via::
+
+        man zstd
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        super().__init__(name)
diff --git a/tools/binman/comp_util.py b/tools/binman/comp_util.py
index 35835450e2..0f15fae600 100644
--- a/tools/binman/comp_util.py
+++ b/tools/binman/comp_util.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from binman import bintool
 from patman import tools
 
 # Supported compressions
-COMPRESSIONS = ['bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma', 'lzo', 'xz']
+COMPRESSIONS = ['bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma', 'lzo', 'xz', 'zstd']
 
 bintools = {}
 
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ def compress(indata, algo):
     Note that for lzma this uses an old version of the algorithm, not that
     provided by xz.
 
-    This requires 'bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma_alone' 'lzop' and 'xz' tools.
-    It also requires an output directory to be previously set up, by calling
-    PrepareOutputDir().
+    This requires 'bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma_alone' 'lzop', 'xz' and 'zstd'
+    tools. It also requires an output directory to be previously set up, by
+    calling PrepareOutputDir().
 
     Args:
         indata (bytes): Input data to compress
         algo (str): Algorithm to use ('none', 'bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma',
-                    'lzo' or 'xz')
+                    'lzo', 'xz' or 'zstd')
 
     Returns:
         bytes: Compressed data
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ def decompress(indata, algo):
     Note that for lzma this uses an old version of the algorithm, not that
     provided by xz.
 
-    This requires 'bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma_alone', 'lzop' and 'xz' tools.
-    It also requires an output directory to be previously set up, by calling
-    PrepareOutputDir().
+    This requires 'bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma_alone', 'lzop', 'xz' and 'zstd'
+    tools. It also requires an output directory to be previously set up, by
+    calling PrepareOutputDir().
 
     Args:
         indata (bytes): Input data to decompress
         algo (str): Algorithm to use ('none', 'bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma',
-                    'lzo' or 'xz')
+                    'lzo', 'xz' or 'zstd')
 
     Returns:
         (bytes) Compressed data
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
index 652b8abd8f..8d0b88d5b0 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class Entry_blob_dtb(Entry_blob):
     def ProcessContents(self):
         """Re-read the DTB contents so that we get any calculated properties"""
         _, indata = state.GetFdtContents(self.GetFdtEtype())
+
+        if self.compress == 'zstd' and self.prepend != 'length':
+            self.Raise('The zstd compression requires a length header')
+
         data = self.CompressData(indata)
         if self.prepend == 'length':
             hdr = struct.pack('<I', len(data))
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index c9b67c48d6..98a1c7c9db 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -5266,7 +5266,8 @@ fdt         fdtmap                Extract the devicetree blob from the fdtmap
 
     def testPadding(self):
         """Test padding of compression algorithms"""
-        for algo in comp_util.COMPRESSIONS:
+        # Skip zstd because it doesn't support padding
+        for algo in [a for a in comp_util.COMPRESSIONS if a != 'zstd']:
             data = comp_util.compress(COMPRESS_DATA, algo)
             data = data + bytes([0]) * 64
             orig = comp_util.decompress(data, algo)
