diff --git a/ocf/codec.go b/ocf/codec.go
index 62bc64c..8029af3 100644
--- a/ocf/codec.go
+++ b/ocf/codec.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ type codecOptions struct {
 type zstdOptions struct {
 	EOptions []zstd.EOption
 	DOptions []zstd.DOption
+	// Encoder and Decoder allow sharing pre-created instances across multiple codecs.
+	// When set, EOptions/DOptions are ignored for that component.
+	Encoder *zstd.Encoder
+	Decoder *zstd.Decoder
 }
 
 func resolveCodec(name CodecName, codecOpts codecOptions) (Codec, error) {
@@ -138,16 +142,36 @@ func (*SnappyCodec) Encode(b []byte) []byte {
 
 // ZStandardCodec is a zstandard compression codec.
 type ZStandardCodec struct {
-	decoder *zstd.Decoder
-	encoder *zstd.Encoder
+	decoder       *zstd.Decoder
+	encoder       *zstd.Encoder
+	sharedDecoder bool // true if decoder was provided externally and should not be closed
+	sharedEncoder bool // true if encoder was provided externally and should not be closed
 }
 
 func newZStandardCodec(opts zstdOptions) *ZStandardCodec {
-	decoder, _ := zstd.NewReader(nil, opts.DOptions...)
-	encoder, _ := zstd.NewWriter(nil, opts.EOptions...)
+	var decoder *zstd.Decoder
+	var encoder *zstd.Encoder
+	var sharedDecoder, sharedEncoder bool
+
+	if opts.Decoder != nil {
+		decoder = opts.Decoder
+		sharedDecoder = true
+	} else {
+		decoder, _ = zstd.NewReader(nil, opts.DOptions...)
+	}
+
+	if opts.Encoder != nil {
+		encoder = opts.Encoder
+		sharedEncoder = true
+	} else {
+		encoder, _ = zstd.NewWriter(nil, opts.EOptions...)
+	}
+
 	return &ZStandardCodec{
-		decoder: decoder,
-		encoder: encoder,
+		decoder:       decoder,
+		encoder:       encoder,
+		sharedDecoder: sharedDecoder,
+		sharedEncoder: sharedEncoder,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -164,11 +188,12 @@ func (zstdCodec *ZStandardCodec) Encode(b []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 // Close closes the zstandard encoder and decoder, releasing resources.
+// Shared instances (provided via WithZStandardEncoder/WithZStandardDecoder) are not closed.
 func (zstdCodec *ZStandardCodec) Close() error {
-	if zstdCodec.decoder != nil {
+	if zstdCodec.decoder != nil && !zstdCodec.sharedDecoder {
 		zstdCodec.decoder.Close()
 	}
-	if zstdCodec.encoder != nil {
+	if zstdCodec.encoder != nil && !zstdCodec.sharedEncoder {
 		return zstdCodec.encoder.Close()
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/ocf/ocf.go b/ocf/ocf.go
index bc6d62a..f23034e 100644
--- a/ocf/ocf.go
+++ b/ocf/ocf.go
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ func WithZStandardDecoderOptions(opts ...zstd.DOption) DecoderFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithZStandardDecoder sets a pre-created ZStandard decoder to be reused.
+// This allows sharing a single decoder across multiple OCF decoders for efficiency.
+// The caller is responsible for closing the decoder after all OCF decoders are done.
+func WithZStandardDecoder(dec *zstd.Decoder) DecoderFunc {
+	return func(cfg *decoderConfig) {
+		cfg.CodecOptions.ZStandardOptions.Decoder = dec
+	}
+}
+
 // Decoder reads and decodes Avro values from a container file.
 type Decoder struct {
 	reader      *avro.Reader
@@ -276,6 +285,15 @@ func WithZStandardEncoderOptions(opts ...zstd.EOption) EncoderFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithZStandardEncoder sets a pre-created ZStandard encoder to be reused.
+// This allows sharing a single encoder across multiple OCF encoders for efficiency.
+// The caller is responsible for closing the encoder after all OCF encoders are done.
+func WithZStandardEncoder(enc *zstd.Encoder) EncoderFunc {
+	return func(cfg *encoderConfig) {
+		cfg.CodecOptions.ZStandardOptions.Encoder = enc
+	}
+}
+
 // WithMetadata sets the metadata on the encoder header.
 func WithMetadata(meta map[string][]byte) EncoderFunc {
 	return func(cfg *encoderConfig) {
diff --git a/ocf/ocf_test.go b/ocf/ocf_test.go
index 25566f9..090b7ec 100644
--- a/ocf/ocf_test.go
+++ b/ocf/ocf_test.go
@@ -1313,6 +1313,80 @@ func (*errorHeaderWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return 0, errors.New("test")
 }
 
+func TestSharedZstdEncoder(t *testing.T) {
+	schema := `{"type": "string"}`
+
+	// Create a shared zstd encoder
+	sharedEncoder, err := zstd.NewWriter(nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer sharedEncoder.Close()
+
+	// Use the shared encoder with multiple OCF encoders
+	var buf1, buf2 bytes.Buffer
+
+	enc1, err := ocf.NewEncoder(schema, &buf1, ocf.WithCodec(ocf.ZStandard), ocf.WithZStandardEncoder(sharedEncoder))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, enc1.Encode("hello from encoder 1"))
+	require.NoError(t, enc1.Close())
+
+	enc2, err := ocf.NewEncoder(schema, &buf2, ocf.WithCodec(ocf.ZStandard), ocf.WithZStandardEncoder(sharedEncoder))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, enc2.Encode("hello from encoder 2"))
+	require.NoError(t, enc2.Close())
+
+	// Verify both files can be read
+	dec1, err := ocf.NewDecoder(&buf1)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, dec1.HasNext())
+	var result1 string
+	require.NoError(t, dec1.Decode(&result1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello from encoder 1", result1)
+
+	dec2, err := ocf.NewDecoder(&buf2)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, dec2.HasNext())
+	var result2 string
+	require.NoError(t, dec2.Decode(&result2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello from encoder 2", result2)
+}
+
+func TestSharedZstdDecoder(t *testing.T) {
+	schema := `{"type": "string"}`
+
+	// Create two OCF files
+	var buf1, buf2 bytes.Buffer
+
+	enc1, err := ocf.NewEncoder(schema, &buf1, ocf.WithCodec(ocf.ZStandard))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, enc1.Encode("data in file 1"))
+	require.NoError(t, enc1.Close())
+
+	enc2, err := ocf.NewEncoder(schema, &buf2, ocf.WithCodec(ocf.ZStandard))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, enc2.Encode("data in file 2"))
+	require.NoError(t, enc2.Close())
+
+	// Create a shared zstd decoder
+	sharedDecoder, err := zstd.NewReader(nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer sharedDecoder.Close()
+
+	// Use the shared decoder with multiple OCF decoders
+	dec1, err := ocf.NewDecoder(&buf1, ocf.WithZStandardDecoder(sharedDecoder))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, dec1.HasNext())
+	var result1 string
+	require.NoError(t, dec1.Decode(&result1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "data in file 1", result1)
+
+	dec2, err := ocf.NewDecoder(&buf2, ocf.WithZStandardDecoder(sharedDecoder))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, dec2.HasNext())
+	var result2 string
+	require.NoError(t, dec2.Decode(&result2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "data in file 2", result2)
+}
+
 // TestEncoder_Reset tests that Reset allows reusing encoder for multiple files.
 func TestEncoder_Reset(t *testing.T) {
 	record1 := FullRecord{