diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fbda17c..b89b713 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1262,6 +1262,14 @@
      uadk = declare_dependency(dependencies: [libwd, libwd_comp])
   endif
 endif
+
+qatzip = not_found
+if not get_option('qatzip').auto() or have_system
+  qatzip = dependency('qatzip', version: '>=1.1.2',
+                      required: get_option('qatzip'),
+                      method: 'pkg-config')
+endif
+
 virgl = not_found
 
 have_vhost_user_gpu = have_tools and host_os == 'linux' and pixman.found()
@@ -2412,6 +2420,7 @@
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_ZSTD', zstd.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_QPL', qpl.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_UADK', uadk.found())
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_QATZIP', qatzip.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FUSE', fuse.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FUSE_LSEEK', fuse_lseek.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL', spice_protocol.found())
@@ -4535,6 +4544,7 @@
 summary_info += {'zstd support':      zstd}
 summary_info += {'Query Processing Library support': qpl}
 summary_info += {'UADK Library support': uadk}
+summary_info += {'qatzip support':    qatzip}
 summary_info += {'NUMA host support': numa}
 summary_info += {'capstone':          capstone}
 summary_info += {'libpmem support':   libpmem}