diff --git a/src/doc/builtinplugins.rst b/src/doc/builtinplugins.rst
index 74a3cf3d06..7a99036efb 100644
--- a/src/doc/builtinplugins.rst
+++ b/src/doc/builtinplugins.rst
@@ -1566,8 +1566,9 @@ The official OpenEXR site is http://www.openexr.com/.
    * - ``compression``
      - string
      - one of: ``"none"``, ``"rle"``, ``"zip"``, ``"zips"``, ``"piz"``,
-       ``"pxr24"``, ``"b44"``, ``"b44a"``, ``"dwaa"``, ``"dwab"``, ``"htj2k256"`` or ``"htj2k32"``.
+       ``"pxr24"``, ``"b44"``, ``"b44a"``, ``"dwaa"``, ``"dwab"``, ``"htj2k256"``, ``"htj2k32"`` or ``"zstd"``.
        (``"htj2k256"`` and ``"htj2k32"`` are only supported with OpenEXR 3.4 or later.)
+       (``"zstd"`` are only supported with OpenEXR 3.5 or later.)
        If the writer receives a request for a compression type it does not
        recognize or is not supported by the version of OpenEXR on the
        system, it will use ``"zip"`` by default. For ``"dwaa"`` and
@@ -1577,6 +1578,9 @@ The official OpenEXR site is http://www.openexr.com/.
        compression, a level from 1 to 9 may be appended (the default is
        ``"zip:4"``), but note that this is only honored when building
        against OpenEXR 3.1.3 or later.
+       For ``"zstd"`` compression, a level from 1 to 22 may be appended (the default is
+       ``"zstd:5"``), but note that this is only honored when building
+       against OpenEXR 3.5.0 or later.
    * - ``textureformat``
      - string
      - ``"Plain Texture"`` for MIP-mapped OpenEXR files, ``"CubeFace
diff --git a/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput.cpp b/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput.cpp
index b830ed54b7..38bcf2f2fb 100644
--- a/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput.cpp
+++ b/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput.cpp
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ OpenEXRInput::PartInfo::parse_header(OpenEXRInput* in,
 #endif
 #ifdef IMF_HTJ2K32_COMPRESSION
         case Imf::HTJ2K32_COMPRESSION: comp = "htj2k32"; break;
+#endif
+#ifdef IMF_ZSTD_COMPRESSION
+        case Imf::ZSTD_COMPRESSION: comp = "zstd"; break;
 #endif
         default: break;
         }
diff --git a/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput_c.cpp b/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput_c.cpp
index 1b2c56847a..8022568e66 100644
--- a/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput_c.cpp
+++ b/src/openexr.imageio/exrinput_c.cpp
@@ -577,6 +577,9 @@ OpenEXRCoreInput::PartInfo::parse_header(OpenEXRCoreInput* in,
 #endif
 #ifdef IMF_HTJ2K32_COMPRESSION
         case EXR_COMPRESSION_HTJ2K32: comp = "htj2k32"; break;
+#endif
+#ifdef IMF_ZSTD_COMPRESSION
+        case ZSTD_COMPRESSION: comp = "zstd"; break;
 #endif
         default: break;
         }
diff --git a/src/openexr.imageio/exroutput.cpp b/src/openexr.imageio/exroutput.cpp
index 3b3c29ffaa..f86aedabe6 100644
--- a/src/openexr.imageio/exroutput.cpp
+++ b/src/openexr.imageio/exroutput.cpp
@@ -950,6 +950,14 @@ OpenEXROutput::spec_to_header(ImageSpec& spec, int subimage,
     if (Strutil::istarts_with(comp, "zip")) {
         header.zipCompressionLevel() = (qual >= 1 && qual <= 9) ? qual : 4;
     }
+#endif
+#if OPENEXR_CODED_VERSION >= 30500
+    // OpenEXR 3.5.0 and later allow us to pick the quality level. We've found
+    // that 5 is a great tradeoff between size and speed, so that is our
+    // default.
+    if (Strutil::istarts_with(comp, "zstd")) {
+        header.zstdCompressionLevel() = (qual >= 1 && qual <= 22) ? qual : 5;
+    }
 #endif
     if (Strutil::istarts_with(comp, "dwa") && qual > 0) {
 #if OPENEXR_CODED_VERSION >= 30103
@@ -1204,6 +1212,10 @@ OpenEXROutput::put_parameter(const std::string& name, TypeDesc type,
 #ifdef IMF_HTJ2K32_COMPRESSION
             else if (Strutil::iequals(str, "htj2k32"))
                 header.compression() = Imf::HTJ2K32_COMPRESSION;
+#endif
+#ifdef ZSTD_COMPRESSION
+            else if (Strutil::iequals(str, "zstd"))
+                header.compression() = Imf::ZSTD_COMPRESSION;
 #endif
         }
         return true;