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}
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 0269fa0..f7b652b 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@
        description: 'Query Processing Library support')
 option('uadk', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'UADK Library support')
+option('qatzip', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
+       description: 'QATzip compression support')
 option('fuse', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
        description: 'FUSE block device export')
 option('fuse_lseek', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index c97079a..5f377a6 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
   printf "%s\n" '  pixman          pixman support'
   printf "%s\n" '  plugins         TCG plugins via shared library loading'
   printf "%s\n" '  png             PNG support with libpng'
+  printf "%s\n" '  qatzip          QATzip compression support'
   printf "%s\n" '  qcow1           qcow1 image format support'
   printf "%s\n" '  qed             qed image format support'
   printf "%s\n" '  qga-vss         build QGA VSS support (broken with MinGW)'
@@ -427,6 +428,8 @@
     --enable-png) printf "%s" -Dpng=enabled ;;
     --disable-png) printf "%s" -Dpng=disabled ;;
     --prefix=*) quote_sh "-Dprefix=$2" ;;
+    --enable-qatzip) printf "%s" -Dqatzip=enabled ;;
+    --disable-qatzip) printf "%s" -Dqatzip=disabled ;;
     --enable-qcow1) printf "%s" -Dqcow1=enabled ;;
     --disable-qcow1) printf "%s" -Dqcow1=disabled ;;
     --enable-qed) printf "%s" -Dqed=enabled ;;