diff --git a/sift.go b/sift.go
index 658d1cab..0aa1d660 100644
--- a/sift.go
+++ b/sift.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/svent/go-flags"
 	"github.com/svent/go-nbreader"
 	"github.com/svent/sift/gitignore"
+  "github.com/Datadog/zstd"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
 )
 
@@ -424,6 +425,14 @@ func processFileTargets() {
 				infile.Seek(0, 0)
 				reader = infile
 			}
+    } else if options.Zip && strings.HasSuffix(filepath, ".zst") {
+			rawReader := infile
+			reader = zstd.NewReader(rawReader)
+			if err != nil {
+				errorLogger.Printf("error decompressing file '%s', opening as normal file\n", infile.Name())
+				infile.Seek(0, 0)
+				reader = infile
+			}
 		} else if infile == os.Stdin && options.Multiline {
 			reader = nbreader.NewNBReader(infile, InputBlockSize,
 				nbreader.ChunkTimeout(MultilinePipeChunkTimeout), nbreader.Timeout(MultilinePipeTimeout))