diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 56c4d9df4..2b684ac9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ num-derive = "0.3"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 wasmedge-macro.workspace = true
-wasmedge-sys = { path = "crates/wasmedge-sys", version = "0.17", default-features = false }
+wasmedge-sys = { path = "crates/wasmedge-sys", version = "0.17.4", default-features = false }
 wasmedge-types.workspace = true
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/wasmedge-sys/build.rs b/crates/wasmedge-sys/build.rs
index 5de4ddcf7..f7a60a80c 100644
--- a/crates/wasmedge-sys/build.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmedge-sys/build.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fn main() {
         // Tell cargo to tell rustc to link our `wasmedge` library. Cargo will
         // automatically know it must look for a `libwasmedge.a` file.
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=wasmedge");
-        for dep in ["rt", "dl", "pthread", "m", "stdc++"] {
+        for dep in ["rt", "dl", "pthread", "m", "zstd", "stdc++"] {
             link_lib(dep);
         }
     } else {