diff --git a/external/Makefile b/external/Makefile
index 4d716e89..2e8c29fd 100644
--- a/external/Makefile
+++ b/external/Makefile
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ tor/Makefile: tor/configure
 				--disable-asciidoc \
 				--enable-static-libevent --with-libevent-dir=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
 				--enable-static-openssl --with-openssl-dir=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
-				--disable-linker-hardening --disable-gcc-hardening --disable-tool-name-check
+				--disable-linker-hardening --disable-gcc-hardening --disable-tool-name-check \
+				--disable-lzma --enable-zstd
 
 tor-build-stamp: tor/Makefile
 	$(MAKE) -C tor all-am