diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb62a67..7782bdd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Parquet readers now support Zstandard-compressed files. The native crate had
+  disabled the `parquet` crate's default features without explicitly enabling
+  its `zstd` feature, so reads failed at runtime with `Disabled feature at
+  compile time: zstd`.
+
 ## [0.7.2] - 2026-07-08
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/docs/parquet_guide.md b/docs/parquet_guide.md
index 369d9d0..42dcae8 100644
--- a/docs/parquet_guide.md
+++ b/docs/parquet_guide.md
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ parquet_bytes = File.read!("/data/events.parquet")
 batch = ExArrow.Stream.next(stream)
 ```
 
+### Compression support
+
+ExArrow reads uncompressed and Zstandard-compressed Parquet files. Compression
+is decoded in native memory as record batches are requested; it does not change
+the lazy row-group streaming behavior.
+
 ### Schema introspection
 
 `ExArrow.Stream.schema/1` never fails for Parquet streams (the schema is
diff --git a/lib/ex_arrow/parquet/reader.ex b/lib/ex_arrow/parquet/reader.ex
index 946bf14..4276b45 100644
--- a/lib/ex_arrow/parquet/reader.ex
+++ b/lib/ex_arrow/parquet/reader.ex
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ defmodule ExArrow.Parquet.Reader do
   Parquet file reader: open a `.parquet` file or an in-memory binary and
   receive an `ExArrow.Stream` that yields record batches.
 
+  Uncompressed and Zstandard-compressed Parquet files are supported.
+
   The stream interface is identical to `ExArrow.IPC.Reader` and ADBC streams —
   use `ExArrow.Stream.schema/1`, `ExArrow.Stream.next/1`, and
   `ExArrow.Stream.to_list/1` to consume it.
diff --git a/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.lock b/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.lock
index f2fe457..df28700 100644
--- a/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.lock
+++ b/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.lock
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aebf35691d1bfb0ac386a69bac2fde4dd276fb618cf8bf4f5318fe285e821bb2"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
+ "jobserver",
+ "libc",
  "shlex",
 ]
 
@@ -615,10 +617,21 @@ checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "r-efi",
+ "r-efi 5.3.0",
  "wasip2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "300e883d756b2e4ec94e02791f39b04b522276138852cfc41d9fb7e904106099"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "r-efi 6.0.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -827,6 +840,16 @@ version = "1.0.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "92ecc6618181def0457392ccd0ee51198e065e016d1d527a7ac1b6dc7c1f09d2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1c00acbd29eabad4a2392fa0e921c874934dbbf4194312ad20f04a0ed67a3cb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.89"
@@ -1081,6 +1104,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "seq-macro",
  "thrift",
  "twox-hash",
+ "zstd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1127,6 +1151,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19f132c84eca552bf34cab8ec81f1c1dcc229b811638f9d283dceabe58c5569e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.106"
@@ -1183,6 +1213,12 @@ version = "5.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r-efi"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.12.3"
@@ -2031,3 +2067,31 @@ name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b97154e67e32c85465826e8bcc1c59429aaaf107c1e4a9e53c8d8ccd5eff88d0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e91ee311a569c327171651566e07972200e76fcfe2242a4fa446149a3881c08a"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "7.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f49c4d5f0abb602a93fb8736af2a4f4dd9512e36f7f570d66e65ff867ed3b9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-sys"
+version = "2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91e19ebc2adc8f83e43039e79776e3fda8ca919132d68a1fed6a5faca2683748"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
diff --git a/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.toml b/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.toml
index 24e3958..b7fb7a4 100644
--- a/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/native/ex_arrow_native/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ arrow-buffer = { version = "56", default-features = false }
 arrow-data = { version = "56", default-features = false }
 arrow-select = { version = "56", default-features = false }
 arrow-ord = { version = "56", default-features = false }
-parquet = { version = "56", default-features = false, features = ["arrow"] }
+parquet = { version = "56", default-features = false, features = ["arrow", "zstd"] }
 arrow-flight = { version = "56", features = ["flight-sql"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "sync", "time", "macros"] }
diff --git a/test/ex_arrow/parquet_test.exs b/test/ex_arrow/parquet_test.exs
index 8a49bea..fd02174 100644
--- a/test/ex_arrow/parquet_test.exs
+++ b/test/ex_arrow/parquet_test.exs
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ defmodule ExArrow.ParquetTest do
       assert ExArrow.RecordBatch.num_rows(rt_batch) == ExArrow.RecordBatch.num_rows(batch)
     end
 
+    test "reads a Zstandard-compressed file" do
+      path = Path.expand("../fixtures/parquet_zstd.parquet", __DIR__)
+
+      assert {:ok, stream} = Parquet.Reader.from_file(path)
+      assert {:ok, schema} = Stream.schema(stream)
+      assert Schema.field_names(schema) == ["id", "name"]
+
+      rows =
+        stream
+        |> Stream.to_list()
+        |> Enum.sum_by(&ExArrow.RecordBatch.num_rows/1)
+
+      assert rows == 3
+    end
+
     test "from_file returns error for missing file" do
       assert {:error, _msg} = Parquet.Reader.from_file("/tmp/this_does_not_exist_xyz.parquet")
     end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/README.md b/test/fixtures/README.md
index 6c739e1..d9ec7df 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/README.md
+++ b/test/fixtures/README.md
@@ -2,5 +2,10 @@
 
 - **IPC file format (golden):** File-format bytes are produced by `ExArrow.Native.ipc_test_fixture_file_binary/0` (schema: `id` int64, `name` utf8; one batch of 2 rows). Tests use this for `ExArrow.IPC.File.from_binary/1` and for compatibility checks.
 - **IPC from_file:** Tests that need a path write a temp file with `ExArrow.Native.ipc_file_writer_to_file/3` and remove it in an `after` block.
+- **Zstandard Parquet:** `parquet_zstd.parquet` contains three rows with `id` (int64) and `name` (utf8) columns. It verifies compatibility with compressed files produced outside ExArrow. Regenerate it with:
 
-No pre-generated `.arrow` files are committed; the single file-format fixture is generated in Rust for reproducibility.
+  ```sh
+  duckdb -c "COPY (SELECT * FROM (VALUES (1::BIGINT, 'alpha'), (2::BIGINT, 'beta'), (3::BIGINT, 'gamma')) AS t(id, name)) TO 'test/fixtures/parquet_zstd.parquet' (FORMAT PARQUET, COMPRESSION ZSTD);"
+  ```
+
+No pre-generated `.arrow` files are committed; the IPC file-format fixture is generated in Rust for reproducibility.
diff --git a/test/fixtures/parquet_zstd.parquet b/test/fixtures/parquet_zstd.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84f0a33
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