diff --git a/pungi-build.conf.j2 b/pungi-build.conf.j2
index ef2dfbb..39cb4b6 100644
--- a/pungi-build.conf.j2
+++ b/pungi-build.conf.j2
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ createiso_skip = [
     {% endfor %}
 ]
 
+createrepo_extra_args = [
+    "--compress-type=zstd",
+    "--general-compress-type=zstd",
+]
+
 extra_isos = {
     {% for variant, options in variants.items() %}
         {% if options['extra_isos'] | default(false) %}