diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 252a26cac3..8df871f255 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013-2022, 2024 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013-2022, 2024-2025 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
@@ -944,7 +944,8 @@ (define %base-packages-utils
         ;; The packages below are also in %FINAL-INPUTS, so take them from
         ;; there to avoid duplication.
         (list bash coreutils findutils grep sed
-              diffutils patch gawk tar gzip bzip2 xz lzip)))
+              diffutils patch gawk tar
+              gzip bzip2 lzip xz zstd)))
 
 (define %base-packages-linux
   ;; Default set of linux specific packages.