diff --git a/.generator/src/generator/templates/api_client.j2 b/.generator/src/generator/templates/api_client.j2
index 23c7c8c1cc28..6f27929cf484 100644
--- a/.generator/src/generator/templates/api_client.j2
+++ b/.generator/src/generator/templates/api_client.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ require 'logger'
 require 'tempfile'
 require 'time'
 require 'httparty'
+begin
+  require 'zstandard'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 
 module {{ module_name }}::{{ version|upper }}
   class APIClient
@@ -187,6 +191,8 @@ module {{ module_name }}::{{ version|upper }}
         gzip.close
       elsif header_params['Content-Encoding'] == 'deflate'
         data = Zlib::deflate(data)
+      elsif header_params['Content-Encoding'] == 'zstd1'
+        data = Zstandard.deflate(data)
       end
       data
     end
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f68cfebd9883..54169379f923 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'timecop'
   gem 'vcr'
   gem 'webmock'
+  gem 'zstandard'
 end
 
 group :docs do
diff --git a/lib/datadog_api_client/v1/api_client.rb b/lib/datadog_api_client/v1/api_client.rb
index a64d4f39bb0e..c76db071d03a 100644
--- a/lib/datadog_api_client/v1/api_client.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog_api_client/v1/api_client.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 require 'tempfile'
 require 'time'
 require 'httparty'
+begin
+  require 'zstandard'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 
 module DatadogAPIClient::V1
   class APIClient
@@ -198,6 +202,8 @@ def build_request_body(header_params, form_params, body)
         gzip.close
       elsif header_params['Content-Encoding'] == 'deflate'
         data = Zlib::deflate(data)
+      elsif header_params['Content-Encoding'] == 'zstd1'
+        data = Zstandard.deflate(data)
       end
       data
     end
diff --git a/lib/datadog_api_client/v2/api_client.rb b/lib/datadog_api_client/v2/api_client.rb
index 5497e12193a6..1804d619e769 100644
--- a/lib/datadog_api_client/v2/api_client.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog_api_client/v2/api_client.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 require 'tempfile'
 require 'time'
 require 'httparty'
+begin
+  require 'zstandard'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 
 module DatadogAPIClient::V2
   class APIClient
@@ -198,6 +202,8 @@ def build_request_body(header_params, form_params, body)
         gzip.close
       elsif header_params['Content-Encoding'] == 'deflate'
         data = Zlib::deflate(data)
+      elsif header_params['Content-Encoding'] == 'zstd1'
+        data = Zstandard.deflate(data)
       end
       data
     end