diff --git a/meta/classes/imagetypes.bbclass b/meta/classes/imagetypes.bbclass
index 2ee3240b..a80a6da5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/imagetypes.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/imagetypes.bbclass
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@ CONVERSION_DEPS:gz = "gzip"
 CONVERSION_CMD:xz = "${SUDO_CHROOT} sh -c 'xz -c ${XZ_DEFAULTS} ${IMAGE_FILE_CHROOT} > ${IMAGE_FILE_CHROOT}.xz'"
 CONVERSION_DEPS:xz = "xz-utils"
 
-CONVERSION_CMD:zst = "${SUDO_CHROOT} sh -c 'zstd -c ${ZSTD_DEFAULTS} ${IMAGE_FILE_CHROOT} > ${IMAGE_FILE_CHROOT}.zst'"
+CONVERSION_CMD:zst = "${SUDO_CHROOT} sh -c 'zstd -c --sparse ${ZSTD_DEFAULTS} ${IMAGE_FILE_CHROOT} > ${IMAGE_FILE_CHROOT}.zst'"
 CONVERSION_DEPS:zst = "zstd"
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index f421050e..c660660a 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ XZ_DEFAULTS[vardepsexclude] += "XZ_MEMLIMIT XZ_THREADS"
 ZSTD_THREADS ?= "${@oe.utils.cpu_count(at_least=2)}"
 ZSTD_THREADS[vardepvalue] = "1"
 ZSTD_LEVEL ?= "19"
-ZSTD_DEFAULTS ?= "-${ZSTD_LEVEL} --threads=${ZSTD_THREADS}"
+ZSTD_DEFAULTS ?= "--rsyncable -${ZSTD_LEVEL} --threads=${ZSTD_THREADS}"
 ZSTD_DEFAULTS[vardepsexclude] += "ZSTD_LEVEL ZSTD_THREADS"
 
 BBINCLUDELOGS ??= "yes"