diff --git a/extra/zstd/build b/extra/zstd/build
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index 00000000..954aa1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/zstd/build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+make
+make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/zstd/checksums b/extra/zstd/checksums
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index 00000000..cdf81c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/zstd/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+59ef70ebb757ffe74a7b3fe9c305e2ba3350021a918d168a046c6300aeea9315  zstd-1.4.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/zstd/sources b/extra/zstd/sources
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index 00000000..a07cc933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/zstd/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v1.4.4/zstd-1.4.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/zstd/version b/extra/zstd/version
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index 00000000..b21a163a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/zstd/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.4.4 1