diff --git a/core/io/SCsub b/core/io/SCsub
index 948153019d..79b56cb716 100644
--- a/core/io/SCsub
+++ b/core/io/SCsub
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Import('env')
 env.add_source_files(env.core_sources, "*.cpp")
 
 Export('env')
-env.Append(CCFLAGS="-DZSTD_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY")
+
diff --git a/core/io/compression.cpp b/core/io/compression.cpp
index fbe97e54c7..51d48901cf 100644
--- a/core/io/compression.cpp
+++ b/core/io/compression.cpp
@@ -78,9 +78,16 @@ int Compression::compress(uint8_t *p_dst, const uint8_t *p_src, int p_src_size,
 
 		} break;
 		case MODE_ZSTD: {
-
+			ZSTD_CCtx *cctx = ZSTD_createCCtx();
+			ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter(cctx, ZSTD_p_compressionLevel, zstd_level);
+			if (zstd_long_distance_matching) {
+				ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter(cctx, ZSTD_p_enableLongDistanceMatching, 1);
+				ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter(cctx, ZSTD_p_windowLog, zstd_window_log_size);
+			}
 			int max_dst_size = get_max_compressed_buffer_size(p_src_size, MODE_ZSTD);
-			return ZSTD_compress(p_dst, max_dst_size, p_src, p_src_size, zstd_level);
+			int ret = ZSTD_compressCCtx(cctx, p_dst, max_dst_size, p_src, p_src_size, zstd_level);
+			ZSTD_freeCCtx(cctx);
+			return ret;
 		} break;
 	}
 
@@ -165,8 +172,11 @@ int Compression::decompress(uint8_t *p_dst, int p_dst_max_size, const uint8_t *p
 			return total;
 		} break;
 		case MODE_ZSTD: {
-
-			return ZSTD_decompress(p_dst, p_dst_max_size, p_src, p_src_size);
+			ZSTD_DCtx *dctx = ZSTD_createDCtx();
+			if (zstd_long_distance_matching) ZSTD_DCtx_setMaxWindowSize(dctx, 1 << zstd_window_log_size);
+			int ret = ZSTD_decompressDCtx(dctx, p_dst, p_dst_max_size, p_src, p_src_size);
+			ZSTD_freeDCtx(dctx);
+			return ret;
 		} break;
 	}
 
@@ -176,3 +186,5 @@ int Compression::decompress(uint8_t *p_dst, int p_dst_max_size, const uint8_t *p
 int Compression::zlib_level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
 int Compression::gzip_level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
 int Compression::zstd_level = 3;
+bool Compression::zstd_long_distance_matching = false;
+int Compression::zstd_window_log_size = 27;
diff --git a/core/io/compression.h b/core/io/compression.h
index 22d8109d4f..5a9aedec31 100644
--- a/core/io/compression.h
+++ b/core/io/compression.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public:
 	static int zlib_level;
 	static int gzip_level;
 	static int zstd_level;
+	static bool zstd_long_distance_matching;
+	static int zstd_window_log_size;
 
 	enum Mode {
 		MODE_FASTLZ,
diff --git a/core/project_settings.cpp b/core/project_settings.cpp
index c4d1b199a0..2e4fc26784 100644
--- a/core/project_settings.cpp
+++ b/core/project_settings.cpp
@@ -1036,10 +1036,16 @@ ProjectSettings::ProjectSettings() {
 	GLOBAL_DEF("debug/settings/profiler/max_functions", 16384);
 
 	//assigning here, because using GLOBAL_GET on every block for compressing can be slow
+	Compression::zstd_long_distance_matching = GLOBAL_DEF("compression/formats/zstd/long_distance_matching", false);
+	custom_prop_info["compression/formats/zstd/long_distance_matching"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "compression/formats/zstd/long_distance_matching");
 	Compression::zstd_level = GLOBAL_DEF("compression/formats/zstd/compression_level", 3);
 	custom_prop_info["compression/formats/zstd/compression_level"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "compression/formats/zstd/compression_level", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "1,22,1");
+	Compression::zstd_window_log_size = GLOBAL_DEF("compression/formats/zstd/window_log_size", 27);
+	custom_prop_info["compression/formats/zstd/window_log_size"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "compression/formats/zstd/window_log_size", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "10,30,1");
+
 	Compression::zlib_level = GLOBAL_DEF("compression/formats/zlib/compression_level", Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
 	custom_prop_info["compression/formats/zlib/compression_level"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "compression/formats/zlib/compression_level", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "-1,9,1");
+
 	Compression::gzip_level = GLOBAL_DEF("compression/formats/gzip/compression_level", Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
 	custom_prop_info["compression/formats/gzip/compression_level"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "compression/formats/gzip/compression_level", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "-1,9,1");
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/README.md b/thirdparty/README.md
index 335fcdd80b..b4a15a7d53 100644
--- a/thirdparty/README.md
+++ b/thirdparty/README.md
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ Files extracted from upstream source:
 ## zstd
 
 - Upstream: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
-- Version: 1.3.1
+- Version: 1.3.2
 - License: BSD-3-Clause
 
 Files extracted from upstream source: