diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7149004..381a3523 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ This module provides the following parsers:
   * [Text body parser](#bodyparsertextoptions)
   * [URL-encoded form body parser](#bodyparserurlencodedoptions)
 
+All parsers support automatic inflation of `gzip`, `br` (brotli), `deflate`
+and `zstd` encodings. `zstd` is available in Node.js `^22.15.0` and
+`>=23.8.0`.
+
 Other body parsers you might be interested in:
 
 - [body](https://www.npmjs.com/package/body#readme)
@@ -72,8 +76,7 @@ The various errors returned by this module are described in the
 
 Returns middleware that only parses `json` and only looks at requests where
 the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This parser accepts any
-Unicode encoding of the body and supports automatic inflation of `gzip`,
-`br` (brotli) and `deflate` encodings.
+Unicode encoding of the body.
 
 A new `body` object containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
 object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`).
@@ -133,9 +136,7 @@ encoding of the request. The parsing can be aborted by throwing an error.
 ### bodyParser.raw([options])
 
 Returns middleware that parses all bodies as a `Buffer` and only looks at
-requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This
-parser supports automatic inflation of `gzip`, `br` (brotli) and `deflate`
-encodings.
+requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option.
 
 A new `body` object containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
 object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`). This will be a `Buffer` object
@@ -181,9 +182,7 @@ encoding of the request. The parsing can be aborted by throwing an error.
 ### bodyParser.text([options])
 
 Returns middleware that parses all bodies as a string and only looks at
-requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This
-parser supports automatic inflation of `gzip`, `br` (brotli) and `deflate`
-encodings.
+requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option.
 
 A new `body` string containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
 object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`). This will be a string of the
@@ -234,8 +233,7 @@ encoding of the request. The parsing can be aborted by throwing an error.
 
 Returns middleware that only parses `urlencoded` bodies and only looks at
 requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This
-parser accepts only UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 encodings of the body and supports 
-automatic inflation of `gzip`, `br` (brotli) and `deflate` encodings.
+parser accepts only UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 encodings of the body.
 
 A new `body` object containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
 object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`). This object will contain
diff --git a/lib/read.js b/lib/read.js
index bf1a1df4..9a449041 100644
--- a/lib/read.js
+++ b/lib/read.js
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ const { getCharset } = require('./utils')
 
 module.exports = read
 
+/**
+ * @const
+ * whether current node version has zstandard support
+ */
+const hasZstandardSupport = 'createZstdDecompress' in zlib
+
 /**
  * Read a request into a buffer and parse.
  *
@@ -222,12 +228,16 @@ function createDecompressionStream (encoding, debug) {
     case 'br':
       debug('brotli decompress body')
       return zlib.createBrotliDecompress()
-    default:
-      throw createError(415, 'unsupported content encoding "' + encoding + '"', {
-        encoding: encoding,
-        type: 'encoding.unsupported'
-      })
+    case 'zstd':
+      if (hasZstandardSupport) {
+        debug('zstd decompress body')
+        return zlib.createZstdDecompress()
+      }
   }
+  throw createError(415, 'unsupported content encoding "' + encoding + '"', {
+    encoding: encoding,
+    type: 'encoding.unsupported'
+  })
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/json.js b/test/json.js
index 1fd30f46..44495a30 100644
--- a/test/json.js
+++ b/test/json.js
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 const assert = require('node:assert')
 const AsyncLocalStorage = require('node:async_hooks').AsyncLocalStorage
 const http = require('node:http')
+const zlib = require('node:zlib')
 const request = require('supertest')
 
 const bodyParser = require('..')
 
+const hasZstandardSupport = 'createZstdDecompress' in zlib
+const zstandardit = hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+const nozstandardit = !hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+
 describe('bodyParser.json()', function () {
   it('should parse JSON', function (done) {
     request(createServer())
@@ -702,6 +707,24 @@ describe('bodyParser.json()', function () {
       test.expect(200, '{"name":"论"}', done)
     })
 
+    zstandardit('should support zstandard encoding', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true, limit: '1kb' })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd200e7100007b226e616d65223a22e8aeba227d', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(200, '{"name":"论"}', done)
+    })
+
+    nozstandardit('should throw 415 if there\'s no zstandard support', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true, limit: '1kb' })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd200e7100007b226e616d65223a22e8aeba227d', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(415, '[encoding.unsupported] unsupported content encoding "zstd"', done)
+    })
+
     it('should be case-insensitive', function (done) {
       const test = request(this.server).post('/')
       test.set('Content-Encoding', 'GZIP')
diff --git a/test/raw.js b/test/raw.js
index 9ffe2e31..1b820141 100644
--- a/test/raw.js
+++ b/test/raw.js
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 const assert = require('node:assert')
 const AsyncLocalStorage = require('node:async_hooks').AsyncLocalStorage
 const http = require('node:http')
+const zlib = require('node:zlib')
 const request = require('supertest')
 
 const bodyParser = require('..')
 
+const hasZstandardSupport = 'createZstdDecompress' in zlib
+const zstandardit = hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+const nozstandardit = !hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+
 describe('bodyParser.raw()', function () {
   before(function () {
     this.server = createServer()
@@ -458,6 +463,24 @@ describe('bodyParser.raw()', function () {
       test.expect(200, 'buf:6e616d653de8aeba', done)
     })
 
+    zstandardit('should support zstandard encoding', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true, limit: '10kb' })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd20084100006e616d653de8aeba', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(200, 'buf:6e616d653de8aeba', done)
+    })
+
+    nozstandardit('should throw 415 if there\'s no zstandard support', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true, limit: '10kb' })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd20084100006e616d653de8aeba', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(415, '[encoding.unsupported] unsupported content encoding "zstd"', done)
+    })
+
     it('should be case-insensitive', function (done) {
       const test = request(this.server).post('/')
       test.set('Content-Encoding', 'GZIP')
diff --git a/test/text.js b/test/text.js
index 2b82db87..0a679eb0 100644
--- a/test/text.js
+++ b/test/text.js
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 const assert = require('node:assert')
 const AsyncLocalStorage = require('node:async_hooks').AsyncLocalStorage
 const http = require('node:http')
+const zlib = require('node:zlib')
 const request = require('supertest')
 
 const bodyParser = require('..')
 
+const hasZstandardSupport = 'createZstdDecompress' in zlib
+const zstandardit = hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+const nozstandardit = !hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+
 describe('bodyParser.text()', function () {
   before(function () {
     this.server = createServer()
@@ -528,6 +533,24 @@ describe('bodyParser.text()', function () {
       test.expect(200, '"name is 论"', done)
     })
 
+    zstandardit('should support zstandard encoding', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true, limit: '10kb' })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd200b5900006e616d6520697320e8aeba', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(200, '"name is 论"', done)
+    })
+
+    nozstandardit('should throw 415 if there\'s no zstandard support', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true, limit: '10kb' })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd200b5900006e616d6520697320e8aeba', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(415, '[encoding.unsupported] unsupported content encoding "zstd"', done)
+    })
+
     it('should be case-insensitive', function (done) {
       const test = request(this.server).post('/')
       test.set('Content-Encoding', 'GZIP')
diff --git a/test/urlencoded.js b/test/urlencoded.js
index 02ab39eb..f7ec8173 100644
--- a/test/urlencoded.js
+++ b/test/urlencoded.js
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 const assert = require('node:assert')
 const AsyncLocalStorage = require('node:async_hooks').AsyncLocalStorage
 const http = require('node:http')
+const zlib = require('node:zlib')
 const request = require('supertest')
 
 const bodyParser = require('..')
 
+const hasZstandardSupport = 'createZstdDecompress' in zlib
+const zstandardit = hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+const nozstandardit = !hasZstandardSupport ? it : it.skip
+
 describe('bodyParser.urlencoded()', function () {
   before(function () {
     this.server = createServer()
@@ -910,6 +915,24 @@ describe('bodyParser.urlencoded()', function () {
       test.expect(200, '{"name":"论"}', done)
     })
 
+    zstandardit('should support zstandard encoding', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd20084100006e616d653de8aeba', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(200, '{"name":"论"}', done)
+    })
+
+    nozstandardit('should throw 415 if there\'s no zstandard support', function (done) {
+      const server = createServer({ experimentalZstd: true })
+      const test = request(server).post('/')
+      test.set('Content-Encoding', 'zstd')
+      test.set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+      test.write(Buffer.from('28b52ffd20084100006e616d653de8aeba', 'hex'))
+      test.expect(415, '[encoding.unsupported] unsupported content encoding "zstd"', done)
+    })
+
     it('should be case-insensitive', function (done) {
       const test = request(this.server).post('/')
       test.set('Content-Encoding', 'GZIP')