diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 929c27e8ac72..a7257ceac495 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def run(self):
                 f"-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=host",
                 f"-DMLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON=ON",
                 f"-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS=mlir",
+                f"-DLLVM_ENABLE_ZSTD=OFF",
                 f"-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS=torch-mlir;torch-mlir-dialects",
                 f"-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_TORCH_MLIR_SOURCE_DIR={src_dir}",
                 f"-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_TORCH_MLIR_DIALECTS_SOURCE_DIR={src_dir}/externals/llvm-external-projects/torch-mlir-dialects",