diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 0950f3aee122d0ee12ab901c2a4b9a5a5746e07e..681344a014fc74b2a3d90d7f43c90ac3b1c4f66c 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ $(curdir)/sdcc/compile := $(curdir)/bison/compile
 $(curdir)/squashfs/compile := $(curdir)/lzma-old/compile
 $(curdir)/squashfskit4/compile := $(curdir)/xz/compile $(curdir)/zlib/compile
 $(curdir)/zlib/compile := $(curdir)/cmake/compile
-$(curdir)/zstd/compile := $(curdir)/meson/compile
+$(curdir)/zstd/compile := $(curdir)/cmake/compile
 
 ifneq ($(HOST_OS),Linux)
   $(curdir)/squashfskit4/compile += $(curdir)/coreutils/compile
diff --git a/tools/zstd/Makefile b/tools/zstd/Makefile
index 93f67459762b58b19862bf1e844ec5a41977f139..b93a5d2b525763c7c91461df56562cab2a38b427 100644
--- a/tools/zstd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/zstd/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,25 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zstd
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.0
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=7c42d56fac126929a6a85dbc73ff1db2411d04f104fae9bdea51305663a83fd0
+PKG_HASH:=5194fbfa781fcf45b98c5e849651aa7b3b0a008c6b72d4a0db760f3002291e94
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:facebook:zstandard
 
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/meson.mk
-
-MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/build/meson/openwrt-build
+CMAKE_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=build/cmake
 
-HOSTCC:= $(HOSTCC_NOCACHE)
-HOST_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath,$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
 
-MESON_HOST_ARGS += \
-	-Dlegacy_level=7 \
-	-Ddebug_level=0 \
-	-Dbacktrace=false \
-	-Dstatic_runtime=false \
-	-Dbin_programs=true \
-	-Dbin_tests=false \
-	-Dbin_contrib=false \
-	-Dmulti_thread=enabled \
-	-Dzlib=disabled \
-	-Dlzma=disabled \
-	-Dlz4=disabled
+CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS += \
+	-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+	-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="" \
+	-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(HOSTCC_NOCACHE) \
+	-DZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=OFF
 
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))