diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 83138e4a67836..ed12d80d38d13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build
         python3 $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/buildbot/configure.py -w $GITHUB_WORKSPACE \
           -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src -o $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build -t Release \
-          --ci-defaults --hip --cuda \
+          --ci-defaults --use-zstd --hip --cuda \
           -DNATIVECPU_USE_OCK=Off \
           -DLLVM_EXPERIMENTAL_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=SPIRV
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-build.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-build.yml
index f18ad927c7016..caa49bad5f765 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-build.yml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
         cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build
         python3 $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/buildbot/configure.py -w $GITHUB_WORKSPACE \
           -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src -o $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build -t Release \
-          --ci-defaults ${{ inputs.build_configure_extra_args }} \
+          --ci-defaults --use-zstd ${{ inputs.build_configure_extra_args }} \
           -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
           -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
           -DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-macos-build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-macos-build-and-test.yml
index 9831368b413b5..7c84e09314cd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-macos-build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-macos-build-and-test.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build
         python3 $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/buildbot/configure.py -w $GITHUB_WORKSPACE \
           -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src -o $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build -t Release \
-          --ci-defaults $ARGS \
+          --ci-defaults --use-zstd $ARGS \
           -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
           -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
           -DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml
index 50a736c6ef067..b69dc9f196ef6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
         IF NOT EXIST D:\github\_work\cache MKDIR D:\github\_work\cache
         IF NOT EXIST D:\github\_work\cache\${{inputs.build_cache_suffix}} MKDIR D:\github\_work\cache\${{inputs.build_cache_suffix}}
         python.exe src/buildbot/configure.py -o build ^
-          --ci-defaults %ARGS% ^
+          --ci-defaults --use-zstd %ARGS% ^
           "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{inputs.cxx}}" ^
           "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{inputs.cxx}}" ^
           "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%GITHUB_WORKSPACE%\install" ^
diff --git a/buildbot/configure.py b/buildbot/configure.py
index 072080cd3a111..30fcfe8afc8b2 100644
--- a/buildbot/configure.py
+++ b/buildbot/configure.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def do_configure(args, passthrough_args):
 
     sycl_enable_xpti_tracing = "ON"
     xpti_enable_werror = "OFF"
-    llvm_enable_zstd = "OFF"
+    llvm_enable_zstd = "ON"
     spirv_enable_dis = "OFF"
 
     if sys.platform != "darwin":