diff --git a/build/cmake/openzl-config.cmake.in b/build/cmake/openzl-config.cmake.in
index 60a354f..c5f3d96 100644
--- a/build/cmake/openzl-config.cmake.in
+++ b/build/cmake/openzl-config.cmake.in
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ set_and_check(OPENZL_CMAKE_DIR "@PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR@")
 # openzl's prefix directory in the OPENZL_PREFIX_DIR variable
 set(OPENZL_PREFIX_DIR "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}")
 
+find_dependency(zstd CONFIG)
+
 # Include the openzl-targets.cmake file, which is generated from our CMake rules
 if (NOT TARGET OpenZL::openzl)
   include("${OPENZL_CMAKE_DIR}/openzl-targets.cmake")
diff --git a/build/cmake/openzl-deps.cmake b/build/cmake/openzl-deps.cmake
index 59b691a..c16d969 100644
--- a/build/cmake/openzl-deps.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/openzl-deps.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ endif()
 message(STATUS "Attempting zstd dependency resolution...")
 
-# Check if zstd is already available
-check_zstd_available(ZSTD_AVAILABLE)
+find_package(zstd CONFIG REQUIRED)
+set(ZSTD_AVAILABLE TRUE)
+add_library(libzstd ALIAS zstd::libzstd)
 if(ZSTD_AVAILABLE)
     message(STATUS "zstd dependency already present")
 else()
--- a/build/cmake/openzl-deps.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/openzl-deps.cmake
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ endif()
 set(ZSTD_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "")
 
 # Add zstd subdirectory directly instead of using FetchContent
-add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/zstd/build/cmake" zstd_build)
 # Note: find_package not needed when using add_subdirectory - targets are directly available
 list(APPEND OPENZL_LINK_LIBRARIES libzstd)