diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index bf7fe1c487b..db706caf09e 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
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 License as described below.
 
@@ -328,3 +329,68 @@ As between Initial Developer and the Contributors, each party is responsible for
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+
+BSD License
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+
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d230c115a83..ce1314ccce3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ project(':clients') {
   conf2ScopeMappings.addMapping(1000, configurations.jacksonDatabindConfig, "provided")
 
   dependencies {
+    compile libs.zstd
     compile libs.lz4
     compile libs.snappy
     compile libs.slf4jApi
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/ProducerConfig.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/ProducerConfig.java
index 1a1bab5127b..6142519c4dc 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/ProducerConfig.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/ProducerConfig.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class ProducerConfig extends AbstractConfig {
     /** <code>compression.type</code> */
     public static final String COMPRESSION_TYPE_CONFIG = "compression.type";
     private static final String COMPRESSION_TYPE_DOC = "The compression type for all data generated by the producer. The default is none (i.e. no compression). Valid "
-                                                       + " values are <code>none</code>, <code>gzip</code>, <code>snappy</code>, or <code>lz4</code>. "
+                                                       + " values are <code>none</code>, <code>gzip</code>, <code>snappy</code>, <code>lz4</code>, or <code>zstd</code>. "
                                                        + "Compression is of full batches of data, so the efficacy of batching will also impact the compression ratio (more batching means better compression).";
 
     /** <code>metrics.sample.window.ms</code> */
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/TopicConfig.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/TopicConfig.java
index bc657ea738f..4410c971a16 100755
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/TopicConfig.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/TopicConfig.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class TopicConfig {
 
     public static final String COMPRESSION_TYPE_CONFIG = "compression.type";
     public static final String COMPRESSION_TYPE_DOC = "Specify the final compression type for a given topic. " +
-        "This configuration accepts the standard compression codecs ('gzip', 'snappy', lz4). It additionally " +
+        "This configuration accepts the standard compression codecs ('gzip', 'snappy', 'lz4', 'zstd'). It additionally " +
         "accepts 'uncompressed' which is equivalent to no compression; and 'producer' which means retain the " +
         "original compression codec set by the producer.";
 
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/errors/UnsupportedCompressionTypeException.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/errors/UnsupportedCompressionTypeException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29ffe1b900e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/errors/UnsupportedCompressionTypeException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.kafka.common.errors;
+
+/**
+ * The requesting client does not support the compression type of given partition.
+ */
+public class UnsupportedCompressionTypeException extends ApiException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public UnsupportedCompressionTypeException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public UnsupportedCompressionTypeException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/protocol/Errors.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/protocol/Errors.java
index 7cf5a295084..6b54a89daf3 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/protocol/Errors.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/protocol/Errors.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnknownProducerIdException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnknownServerException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnknownTopicOrPartitionException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedByAuthenticationException;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedCompressionTypeException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedForMessageFormatException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedSaslMechanismException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedVersionException;
@@ -284,7 +285,9 @@ public enum Errors {
     FENCED_LEADER_EPOCH(74, "The leader epoch in the request is older than the epoch on the broker",
             FencedLeaderEpochException::new),
     UNKNOWN_LEADER_EPOCH(75, "The leader epoch in the request is newer than the epoch on the broker",
-            UnknownLeaderEpochException::new);
+            UnknownLeaderEpochException::new),
+    UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE(76, "The requesting client does not support the compression type of given partition.",
+            UnsupportedCompressionTypeException::new);
 
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Errors.class);
 
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatch.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatch.java
index 6ac073dd298..cdf731c3bf2 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatch.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatch.java
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractLegacyRecordBatch extends AbstractRecordBatch impl
                 throw new InvalidRecordException("Invalid wrapper magic found in legacy deep record iterator " + wrapperMagic);
 
             CompressionType compressionType = wrapperRecord.compressionType();
+            if (compressionType == CompressionType.ZSTD)
+                throw new InvalidRecordException("Invalid wrapper compressionType found in legacy deep record iterator " + wrapperMagic);
             ByteBuffer wrapperValue = wrapperRecord.value();
             if (wrapperValue == null)
                 throw new InvalidRecordException("Found invalid compressed record set with null value (magic = " +
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/CompressionType.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/CompressionType.java
index a333d2aea27..352d12d8349 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/CompressionType.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/CompressionType.java
@@ -113,6 +113,26 @@ public enum CompressionType {
                 throw new KafkaException(e);
             }
         }
+    },
+
+    ZSTD(4, "zstd", 1.0f) {
+        @Override
+        public OutputStream wrapForOutput(ByteBufferOutputStream buffer, byte messageVersion) {
+            try {
+                return (OutputStream) ZstdConstructors.OUTPUT.invoke(buffer);
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                throw new KafkaException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public InputStream wrapForInput(ByteBuffer buffer, byte messageVersion, BufferSupplier decompressionBufferSupplier) {
+            try {
+                return (InputStream) ZstdConstructors.INPUT.invoke(new ByteBufferInputStream(buffer));
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                throw new KafkaException(e);
+            }
+        }
     };
 
     public final int id;
@@ -156,6 +176,8 @@ public enum CompressionType {
                 return SNAPPY;
             case 3:
                 return LZ4;
+            case 4:
+                return ZSTD;
             default:
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown compression type id: " + id);
         }
@@ -170,6 +192,8 @@ public enum CompressionType {
             return SNAPPY;
         else if (LZ4.name.equals(name))
             return LZ4;
+        else if (ZSTD.name.equals(name))
+            return ZSTD;
         else
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown compression name: " + name);
     }
@@ -177,7 +201,7 @@ public enum CompressionType {
     // We should only have a runtime dependency on compression algorithms in case the native libraries don't support
     // some platforms.
     //
-    // For Snappy, we dynamically load the classes and rely on the initialization-on-demand holder idiom to ensure
+    // For Snappy and Zstd, we dynamically load the classes and rely on the initialization-on-demand holder idiom to ensure
     // they're only loaded if used.
     //
     // For LZ4 we are using org.apache.kafka classes, which should always be in the classpath, and would not trigger
@@ -190,6 +214,13 @@ public enum CompressionType {
                 MethodType.methodType(void.class, OutputStream.class));
     }
 
+    private static class ZstdConstructors {
+        static final MethodHandle INPUT = findConstructor("com.github.luben.zstd.ZstdInputStream",
+            MethodType.methodType(void.class, InputStream.class));
+        static final MethodHandle OUTPUT = findConstructor("com.github.luben.zstd.ZstdOutputStream",
+            MethodType.methodType(void.class, OutputStream.class));
+    }
+
     private static MethodHandle findConstructor(String className, MethodType methodType) {
         try {
             return MethodHandles.publicLookup().findConstructor(Class.forName(className), methodType);
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecords.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecords.java
index d58689de119..4e844736bbd 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecords.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecords.java
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public class LazyDownConversionRecords implements BaseRecords {
      * @param firstOffset The starting offset for down-converted records. This only impacts some cases. See
      *                    {@link RecordsUtil#downConvert(Iterable, byte, long, Time)} for an explanation.
      * @param time The time instance to use
+     *
+     * @throws org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedCompressionTypeException If the first batch to down-convert
+     *    has a compression type which we do not support down-conversion for.
      */
     public LazyDownConversionRecords(TopicPartition topicPartition, Records records, byte toMagic, long firstOffset, Time time) {
         this.topicPartition = Objects.requireNonNull(topicPartition);
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ public class LazyDownConversionRecords implements BaseRecords {
             }
 
             while (batchIterator.hasNext()) {
-                List<RecordBatch> batches = new ArrayList<>();
+                final List<RecordBatch> batches = new ArrayList<>();
                 boolean isFirstBatch = true;
                 long sizeSoFar = 0;
 
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ public class LazyDownConversionRecords implements BaseRecords {
                     sizeSoFar += currentBatch.sizeInBytes();
                     isFirstBatch = false;
                 }
+
                 ConvertedRecords convertedRecords = RecordsUtil.downConvert(batches, toMagic, firstOffset, time);
                 // During conversion, it is possible that we drop certain batches because they do not have an equivalent
                 // representation in the message format we want to convert to. For example, V0 and V1 message formats
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecordsSend.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecordsSend.java
index f0fab7d876d..ad1f97fa0cb 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecordsSend.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/LazyDownConversionRecordsSend.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.kafka.common.record;
 
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedCompressionTypeException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -45,35 +46,50 @@ public final class LazyDownConversionRecordsSend extends RecordsSend<LazyDownCon
         convertedRecordsIterator = records().iterator(MAX_READ_SIZE);
     }
 
+    private MemoryRecords buildOverflowBatch(int remaining) {
+        // We do not have any records left to down-convert. Construct an overflow message for the length remaining.
+        // This message will be ignored by the consumer because its length will be past the length of maximum
+        // possible response size.
+        // DefaultRecordBatch =>
+        //      BaseOffset => Int64
+        //      Length => Int32
+        //      ...
+        ByteBuffer overflowMessageBatch = ByteBuffer.allocate(
+                Math.max(MIN_OVERFLOW_MESSAGE_LENGTH, Math.min(remaining + 1, MAX_READ_SIZE)));
+        overflowMessageBatch.putLong(-1L);
+
+        // Fill in the length of the overflow batch. A valid batch must be at least as long as the minimum batch
+        // overhead.
+        overflowMessageBatch.putInt(Math.max(remaining + 1, DefaultRecordBatch.RECORD_BATCH_OVERHEAD));
+        log.debug("Constructed overflow message batch for partition {} with length={}", topicPartition(), remaining);
+        return MemoryRecords.readableRecords(overflowMessageBatch);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public long writeTo(GatheringByteChannel channel, long previouslyWritten, int remaining) throws IOException {
         if (convertedRecordsWriter == null || convertedRecordsWriter.completed()) {
             MemoryRecords convertedRecords;
-            // Check if we have more chunks left to down-convert
-            if (convertedRecordsIterator.hasNext()) {
-                // Get next chunk of down-converted messages
-                ConvertedRecords<MemoryRecords> recordsAndStats = convertedRecordsIterator.next();
-                convertedRecords = recordsAndStats.records();
-                recordConversionStats.add(recordsAndStats.recordConversionStats());
-                log.debug("Down-converted records for partition {} with length={}", topicPartition(), convertedRecords.sizeInBytes());
-            } else {
-                // We do not have any records left to down-convert. Construct an overflow message for the length remaining.
-                // This message will be ignored by the consumer because its length will be past the length of maximum
-                // possible response size.
-                // DefaultRecordBatch =>
-                //      BaseOffset => Int64
-                //      Length => Int32
-                //      ...
-                ByteBuffer overflowMessageBatch = ByteBuffer.allocate(
-                        Math.max(MIN_OVERFLOW_MESSAGE_LENGTH, Math.min(remaining + 1, MAX_READ_SIZE)));
-                overflowMessageBatch.putLong(-1L);
 
-                // Fill in the length of the overflow batch. A valid batch must be at least as long as the minimum batch
-                // overhead.
-                overflowMessageBatch.putInt(Math.max(remaining + 1, DefaultRecordBatch.RECORD_BATCH_OVERHEAD));
-                convertedRecords = MemoryRecords.readableRecords(overflowMessageBatch);
-                log.debug("Constructed overflow message batch for partition {} with length={}", topicPartition(), remaining);
+            try {
+                // Check if we have more chunks left to down-convert
+                if (convertedRecordsIterator.hasNext()) {
+                    // Get next chunk of down-converted messages
+                    ConvertedRecords<MemoryRecords> recordsAndStats = convertedRecordsIterator.next();
+                    convertedRecords = recordsAndStats.records();
+                    recordConversionStats.add(recordsAndStats.recordConversionStats());
+                    log.debug("Down-converted records for partition {} with length={}", topicPartition(), convertedRecords.sizeInBytes());
+                } else {
+                    convertedRecords = buildOverflowBatch(remaining);
+                }
+            } catch (UnsupportedCompressionTypeException e) {
+                // We have encountered a compression type which does not support down-conversion (e.g. zstd).
+                // Since we have already sent at least one batch and we have committed to the fetch size, we
+                // send an overflow batch. The consumer will read the first few records and then fetch from the
+                // offset of the batch which has the unsupported compression type. At that time, we will
+                // send back the UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE erro which will allow the consumer to fail gracefully.
+                convertedRecords = buildOverflowBatch(remaining);
             }
+
             convertedRecordsWriter = new DefaultRecordsSend(destination(), convertedRecords, Math.min(convertedRecords.sizeInBytes(), remaining));
         }
         return convertedRecordsWriter.writeTo(channel);
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilder.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilder.java
index 1c7a6c746df..0cc2cec31f9 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilder.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilder.java
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilder {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Transactional records are not supported for magic " + magic);
             if (isControlBatch)
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Control records are not supported for magic " + magic);
+            if (compressionType == CompressionType.ZSTD)
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("ZStandard compression is not supported for magic " + magic);
         }
 
         this.magic = magic;
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/RecordsUtil.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/RecordsUtil.java
index c9b73941317..3b0c59a24a5 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/RecordsUtil.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/RecordsUtil.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.kafka.common.record;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedCompressionTypeException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Time;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -45,8 +46,14 @@ public class RecordsUtil {
         long startNanos = time.nanoseconds();
 
         for (RecordBatch batch : batches) {
-            if (toMagic < RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2 && batch.isControlBatch())
-                continue;
+            if (toMagic < RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2) {
+                if (batch.isControlBatch())
+                    continue;
+
+                if (batch.compressionType() == CompressionType.ZSTD)
+                    throw new UnsupportedCompressionTypeException("Down-conversion of zstandard-compressed batches " +
+                        "is not supported");
+            }
 
             if (batch.magic() <= toMagic) {
                 totalSizeEstimate += batch.sizeInBytes();
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchRequest.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchRequest.java
index 32eb24d7de2..8d94bfd2134 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchRequest.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchRequest.java
@@ -191,9 +191,13 @@ public class FetchRequest extends AbstractRequest {
             FETCH_REQUEST_TOPIC_V9,
             FORGOTTEN_TOPIC_DATA_V7);
 
+    // V10 bumped up to indicate ZStandard capability. (see KIP-110)
+    private static final Schema FETCH_REQUEST_V10 = FETCH_REQUEST_V9;
+
     public static Schema[] schemaVersions() {
         return new Schema[]{FETCH_REQUEST_V0, FETCH_REQUEST_V1, FETCH_REQUEST_V2, FETCH_REQUEST_V3, FETCH_REQUEST_V4,
-            FETCH_REQUEST_V5, FETCH_REQUEST_V6, FETCH_REQUEST_V7, FETCH_REQUEST_V8, FETCH_REQUEST_V9};
+            FETCH_REQUEST_V5, FETCH_REQUEST_V6, FETCH_REQUEST_V7, FETCH_REQUEST_V8, FETCH_REQUEST_V9,
+            FETCH_REQUEST_V10};
     }
 
     // default values for older versions where a request level limit did not exist
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchResponse.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchResponse.java
index f87f2ef05d3..9c29d375ccb 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchResponse.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/FetchResponse.java
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ import static org.apache.kafka.common.requests.FetchMetadata.INVALID_SESSION_ID;
  * - {@link Errors#UNKNOWN_LEADER_EPOCH} If the epoch is larger than the broker's epoch
  * - {@link Errors#UNKNOWN_TOPIC_OR_PARTITION} If the broker does not have metadata for a topic or partition
  * - {@link Errors#KAFKA_STORAGE_ERROR} If the log directory for one of the requested partitions is offline
+ * - {@link Errors#UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE} If a fetched topic is using a compression type which is
+ *     not supported by the fetch request version
  * - {@link Errors#UNKNOWN_SERVER_ERROR} For any unexpected errors
  */
 public class FetchResponse<T extends BaseRecords> extends AbstractResponse {
@@ -180,10 +182,13 @@ public class FetchResponse<T extends BaseRecords> extends AbstractResponse {
     // V9 adds the current leader epoch (see KIP-320)
     private static final Schema FETCH_RESPONSE_V9 = FETCH_RESPONSE_V8;
 
+    // V10 bumped up to indicate ZStandard capability. (see KIP-110)
+    private static final Schema FETCH_RESPONSE_V10 = FETCH_RESPONSE_V9;
+
     public static Schema[] schemaVersions() {
         return new Schema[] {FETCH_RESPONSE_V0, FETCH_RESPONSE_V1, FETCH_RESPONSE_V2,
             FETCH_RESPONSE_V3, FETCH_RESPONSE_V4, FETCH_RESPONSE_V5, FETCH_RESPONSE_V6,
-            FETCH_RESPONSE_V7, FETCH_RESPONSE_V8, FETCH_RESPONSE_V9};
+            FETCH_RESPONSE_V7, FETCH_RESPONSE_V8, FETCH_RESPONSE_V9, FETCH_RESPONSE_V10};
     }
 
     public static final long INVALID_HIGHWATERMARK = -1L;
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequest.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequest.java
index 4f1d766b8bf..f87090eba6a 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequest.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.types.ArrayOf;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.types.Field;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.types.Schema;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.types.Struct;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.record.CompressionType;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.record.InvalidRecordException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.record.MemoryRecords;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.record.MutableRecordBatch;
@@ -113,9 +114,14 @@ public class ProduceRequest extends AbstractRequest {
      */
     private static final Schema PRODUCE_REQUEST_V6 = PRODUCE_REQUEST_V5;
 
+    /**
+     * V7 bumped up to indicate ZStandard capability. (see KIP-110)
+     */
+    private static final Schema PRODUCE_REQUEST_V7 = PRODUCE_REQUEST_V6;
+
     public static Schema[] schemaVersions() {
         return new Schema[] {PRODUCE_REQUEST_V0, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V1, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V2, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V3,
-            PRODUCE_REQUEST_V4, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V5, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V6};
+            PRODUCE_REQUEST_V4, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V5, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V6, PRODUCE_REQUEST_V7};
     }
 
     public static class Builder extends AbstractRequest.Builder<ProduceRequest> {
@@ -151,12 +157,12 @@ public class ProduceRequest extends AbstractRequest {
             return new Builder(minVersion, maxVersion, acks, timeout, partitionRecords, transactionalId);
         }
 
-        private Builder(short minVersion,
-                        short maxVersion,
-                        short acks,
-                        int timeout,
-                        Map<TopicPartition, MemoryRecords> partitionRecords,
-                        String transactionalId) {
+        public Builder(short minVersion,
+                       short maxVersion,
+                       short acks,
+                       int timeout,
+                       Map<TopicPartition, MemoryRecords> partitionRecords,
+                       String transactionalId) {
             super(ApiKeys.PRODUCE, minVersion, maxVersion);
             this.acks = acks;
             this.timeout = timeout;
@@ -246,6 +252,10 @@ public class ProduceRequest extends AbstractRequest {
             if (entry.magic() != RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2)
                 throw new InvalidRecordException("Produce requests with version " + version + " are only allowed to " +
                         "contain record batches with magic version 2");
+            if (version < 7 && entry.compressionType() == CompressionType.ZSTD) {
+                throw new InvalidRecordException("Produce requests with version " + version + " are note allowed to " +
+                    "use ZStandard compression");
+            }
 
             if (iterator.hasNext())
                 throw new InvalidRecordException("Produce requests with version " + version + " are only allowed to " +
@@ -330,6 +340,7 @@ public class ProduceRequest extends AbstractRequest {
             case 4:
             case 5:
             case 6:
+            case 7:
                 return new ProduceResponse(responseMap, throttleTimeMs);
             default:
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Version %d is not valid. Valid versions for %s are 0 to %d",
@@ -400,6 +411,7 @@ public class ProduceRequest extends AbstractRequest {
             case 4:
             case 5:
             case 6:
+            case 7:
                 return RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2;
 
             default:
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceResponse.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceResponse.java
index fb15813ccf1..7d3e4fed362 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceResponse.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceResponse.java
@@ -144,9 +144,14 @@ public class ProduceResponse extends AbstractResponse {
      */
     private static final Schema PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V6 = PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V5;
 
+    /**
+     * V7 bumped up to indicate ZStandard capability. (see KIP-110)
+     */
+    private static final Schema PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V7 = PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V6;
+
     public static Schema[] schemaVersions() {
         return new Schema[]{PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V0, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V1, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V2, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V3,
-            PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V4, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V5, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V6};
+            PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V4, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V5, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V6, PRODUCE_RESPONSE_V7};
     }
 
     private final Map<TopicPartition, PartitionResponse> responses;
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/ProducerBatchTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/ProducerBatchTest.java
index 6a85449a659..f9887f9033e 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/ProducerBatchTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/ProducerBatchTest.java
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ public class ProducerBatchTest {
                 if (compressionType == CompressionType.NONE && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2)
                     continue;
 
+                if (compressionType == CompressionType.ZSTD && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2)
+                    continue;
+
                 MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(ByteBuffer.allocate(1024), magic,
                         compressionType, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L);
 
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatchTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatchTest.java
index 83ada730ce2..fe6ffabaf61 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatchTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/AbstractLegacyRecordBatchTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 public class AbstractLegacyRecordBatchTest {
 
@@ -208,4 +209,41 @@ public class AbstractLegacyRecordBatchTest {
             assertEquals(expectedTimestamp++, record.timestamp());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testZStdCompressionTypeWithV0OrV1() {
+        SimpleRecord[] simpleRecords = new SimpleRecord[] {
+            new SimpleRecord(1L, "a".getBytes(), "1".getBytes()),
+            new SimpleRecord(2L, "b".getBytes(), "2".getBytes()),
+            new SimpleRecord(3L, "c".getBytes(), "3".getBytes())
+        };
+
+        // Check V0
+        try {
+            MemoryRecords records = MemoryRecords.withRecords(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0, 0L,
+                CompressionType.ZSTD, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, simpleRecords);
+
+            ByteBufferLegacyRecordBatch batch = new ByteBufferLegacyRecordBatch(records.buffer());
+            batch.setLastOffset(1L);
+
+            batch.iterator();
+            fail("Can't reach here");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            assertEquals("ZStandard compression is not supported for magic 0", e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        // Check V1
+        try {
+            MemoryRecords records = MemoryRecords.withRecords(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1, 0L,
+                CompressionType.ZSTD, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, simpleRecords);
+
+            ByteBufferLegacyRecordBatch batch = new ByteBufferLegacyRecordBatch(records.buffer());
+            batch.setLastOffset(1L);
+
+            batch.iterator();
+            fail("Can't reach here");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            assertEquals("ZStandard compression is not supported for magic 1", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/FileLogInputStreamTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/FileLogInputStreamTest.java
index 8a955972b5c..783a5b531ef 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/FileLogInputStreamTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/FileLogInputStreamTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public class FileLogInputStreamTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testWriteTo() throws IOException {
+        if (compression == CompressionType.ZSTD && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2)
+            return;
+
         try (FileRecords fileRecords = FileRecords.open(tempFile())) {
             fileRecords.append(MemoryRecords.withRecords(magic, compression, new SimpleRecord("foo".getBytes())));
             fileRecords.flush();
@@ -81,6 +84,9 @@ public class FileLogInputStreamTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testSimpleBatchIteration() throws IOException {
+        if (compression == CompressionType.ZSTD && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2)
+            return;
+
         try (FileRecords fileRecords = FileRecords.open(tempFile())) {
             SimpleRecord firstBatchRecord = new SimpleRecord(3241324L, "a".getBytes(), "foo".getBytes());
             SimpleRecord secondBatchRecord = new SimpleRecord(234280L, "b".getBytes(), "bar".getBytes());
@@ -108,6 +114,9 @@ public class FileLogInputStreamTest {
         if (magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2 && compression == CompressionType.NONE)
             return;
 
+        if (compression == CompressionType.ZSTD && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2)
+            return;
+
         try (FileRecords fileRecords = FileRecords.open(tempFile())) {
             SimpleRecord[] firstBatchRecords = new SimpleRecord[]{
                 new SimpleRecord(3241324L, "a".getBytes(), "1".getBytes()),
@@ -185,6 +194,9 @@ public class FileLogInputStreamTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testBatchIterationIncompleteBatch() throws IOException {
+        if (compression == CompressionType.ZSTD && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2)
+            return;
+
         try (FileRecords fileRecords = FileRecords.open(tempFile())) {
             SimpleRecord firstBatchRecord = new SimpleRecord(100L, "foo".getBytes());
             SimpleRecord secondBatchRecord = new SimpleRecord(200L, "bar".getBytes());
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilderTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilderTest.java
index 5d5221eccea..552b4e6c42b 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilderTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsBuilderTest.java
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.kafka.common.record;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedCompressionTypeException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Time;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils;
 import org.apache.kafka.test.TestUtils;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import static org.apache.kafka.common.record.RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2;
 import static org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils.utf8;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -39,6 +43,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 @RunWith(value = Parameterized.class)
 public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException exceptionRule = ExpectedException.none();
 
     private final CompressionType compressionType;
     private final int bufferOffset;
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testWriteEmptyRecordSet() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(128);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -207,6 +215,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testCompressionRateV0() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -262,6 +272,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testCompressionRateV1() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -293,6 +305,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void buildUsingLogAppendTime() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -322,6 +336,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void buildUsingCreateTime() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -353,6 +369,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testAppendedChecksumConsistency() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(512);
         for (byte magic : Arrays.asList(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2)) {
             MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = new MemoryRecordsBuilder(buffer, magic, compressionType,
@@ -397,6 +415,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void writePastLimit() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(64);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -442,6 +462,11 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void convertV2ToV1UsingMixedCreateAndLogAppendTime() {
+        if (compressionType == CompressionType.ZSTD) {
+            exceptionRule.expect(UnsupportedCompressionTypeException.class);
+            exceptionRule.expectMessage("Down-conversion of zstandard-compressed batches is not supported");
+        }
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(512);
         MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2,
                 compressionType, TimestampType.LOG_APPEND_TIME, 0L);
@@ -497,6 +522,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void convertToV1WithMixedV0AndV2Data() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(512);
         MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0,
                 compressionType, TimestampType.NO_TIMESTAMP_TYPE, 0L);
@@ -571,6 +598,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldThrowIllegalStateExceptionOnBuildWhenAborted() throws Exception {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(128);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -588,6 +617,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldResetBufferToInitialPositionOnAbort() throws Exception {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(128);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -601,6 +632,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldThrowIllegalStateExceptionOnCloseWhenAborted() throws Exception {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(128);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -618,6 +651,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldThrowIllegalStateExceptionOnAppendWhenAborted() throws Exception {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compressionType, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(128);
         buffer.position(bufferOffset);
 
@@ -699,4 +734,10 @@ public class MemoryRecordsBuilderTest {
         }
     }
 
+    private void expectExceptionWithZStd(CompressionType compressionType, byte magic) {
+        if (compressionType == CompressionType.ZSTD && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2) {
+            exceptionRule.expect(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+            exceptionRule.expectMessage("ZStandard compression is not supported for magic " + magic);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsTest.java
index 579fb74b44a..5f16acfb9e3 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecordsTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.header.internals.RecordHeaders;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.record.MemoryRecords.RecordFilter.BatchRetention;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils;
 import org.apache.kafka.test.TestUtils;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.apache.kafka.common.record.RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 @RunWith(value = Parameterized.class)
 public class MemoryRecordsTest {
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException exceptionRule = ExpectedException.none();
 
     private CompressionType compression;
     private byte magic;
@@ -69,6 +74,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testIterator() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
 
         MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = new MemoryRecordsBuilder(buffer, magic, compression,
@@ -152,6 +159,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testHasRoomForMethod() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(ByteBuffer.allocate(1024), magic, compression,
                 TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L);
         builder.append(0L, "a".getBytes(), "1".getBytes());
@@ -439,6 +448,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
     @Test
     public void testFilterToBatchDiscard() {
         if (compression != CompressionType.NONE || magic >= RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2) {
+            expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
             ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(2048);
             MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, magic, compression, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L);
             builder.append(10L, "1".getBytes(), "a".getBytes());
@@ -489,6 +500,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testFilterToAlreadyCompactedLog() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(2048);
 
         // create a batch with some offset gaps to simulate a compacted batch
@@ -629,6 +642,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testFilterToWithUndersizedBuffer() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
         MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, magic, compression, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L);
         builder.append(10L, null, "a".getBytes());
@@ -679,6 +694,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testToString() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         long timestamp = 1000000;
         MemoryRecords memoryRecords = MemoryRecords.withRecords(magic, compression,
                 new SimpleRecord(timestamp, "key1".getBytes(), "value1".getBytes()),
@@ -709,6 +726,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testFilterTo() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(2048);
         MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, magic, compression, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L);
         builder.append(10L, null, "a".getBytes());
@@ -822,6 +841,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testFilterToPreservesLogAppendTime() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         long logAppendTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(2048);
@@ -866,6 +887,8 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testNextBatchSize() {
+        expectExceptionWithZStd(compression, magic);
+
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(2048);
         MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, magic, compression,
                 TimestampType.LOG_APPEND_TIME, 0L, logAppendTime, pid, epoch, firstSequence);
@@ -905,6 +928,13 @@ public class MemoryRecordsTest {
         }
     }
 
+    private void expectExceptionWithZStd(CompressionType compressionType, byte magic) {
+        if (compressionType == CompressionType.ZSTD && magic < MAGIC_VALUE_V2) {
+            exceptionRule.expect(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+            exceptionRule.expectMessage("ZStandard compression is not supported for magic " + magic);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Parameterized.Parameters(name = "{index} magic={0}, firstOffset={1}, compressionType={2}")
     public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
         List<Object[]> values = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequestTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequestTest.java
index ef17c96c5ad..74e3960dd47 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequestTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/ProduceRequestTest.java
@@ -158,6 +158,26 @@ public class ProduceRequestTest {
         assertThrowsInvalidRecordExceptionForAllVersions(requestBuilder);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testV6AndBelowCannotUseZStdCompression() {
+        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(256);
+        MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V2, CompressionType.ZSTD,
+            TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L);
+        builder.append(10L, null, "a".getBytes());
+
+        Map<TopicPartition, MemoryRecords> produceData = new HashMap<>();
+        produceData.put(new TopicPartition("test", 0), builder.build());
+
+        // Can't create ProduceRequest instance with version within [3, 7)
+        for (short version = 3; version < 7; version++) {
+            ProduceRequest.Builder requestBuilder = new ProduceRequest.Builder(version, version, (short) 1, 5000, produceData, null);
+            assertThrowsInvalidRecordExceptionForAllVersions(requestBuilder);
+        }
+
+        // Works fine with current version (>= 7)
+        ProduceRequest.Builder.forCurrentMagic((short) 1, 5000, produceData);
+    }
+
     private void assertThrowsInvalidRecordExceptionForAllVersions(ProduceRequest.Builder builder) {
         for (short version = builder.oldestAllowedVersion(); version < builder.latestAllowedVersion(); version++) {
             assertThrowsInvalidRecordException(builder, version);
diff --git a/config/producer.properties b/config/producer.properties
index 750b95ee0ae..4786b988a29 100644
--- a/config/producer.properties
+++ b/config/producer.properties
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # format: host1:port1,host2:port2 ...
 bootstrap.servers=localhost:9092
 
-# specify the compression codec for all data generated: none, gzip, snappy, lz4
+# specify the compression codec for all data generated: none, gzip, snappy, lz4, zstd
 compression.type=none
 
 # name of the partitioner class for partitioning events; default partition spreads data randomly
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/ApiVersion.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/ApiVersion.scala
index bc3602bd69a..e9b16fafeee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/ApiVersion.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/ApiVersion.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ object ApiVersion {
     // Introduced new schemas for group offset (v2) and group metadata (v2) (KIP-211)
     KAFKA_2_1_IV0,
     // New Fetch, OffsetsForLeaderEpoch, and ListOffsets schemas (KIP-320)
-    KAFKA_2_1_IV1
+    KAFKA_2_1_IV1,
+    // Support ZStandard Compression Codec (KIP-110)
+    KAFKA_2_1_IV2
   )
 
   // Map keys are the union of the short and full versions
@@ -270,6 +272,13 @@ case object KAFKA_2_1_IV1 extends DefaultApiVersion {
   val id: Int = 18
 }
 
+case object KAFKA_2_1_IV2 extends DefaultApiVersion {
+  val shortVersion: String = "2.1"
+  val subVersion = "IV2"
+  val recordVersion = RecordVersion.V2
+  val id: Int = 19
+}
+
 object ApiVersionValidator extends Validator {
 
   override def ensureValid(name: String, value: Any): Unit = {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/CompressionCodec.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/CompressionCodec.scala
index 64e0aaa72a1..abe3694b035 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/CompressionCodec.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/message/CompressionCodec.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ object CompressionCodec {
       case GZIPCompressionCodec.codec => GZIPCompressionCodec
       case SnappyCompressionCodec.codec => SnappyCompressionCodec
       case LZ4CompressionCodec.codec => LZ4CompressionCodec
+      case ZStdCompressionCodec.codec => ZStdCompressionCodec
       case _ => throw new UnknownCodecException("%d is an unknown compression codec".format(codec))
     }
   }
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ object CompressionCodec {
       case GZIPCompressionCodec.name => GZIPCompressionCodec
       case SnappyCompressionCodec.name => SnappyCompressionCodec
       case LZ4CompressionCodec.name => LZ4CompressionCodec
+      case ZStdCompressionCodec.name => ZStdCompressionCodec
       case _ => throw new kafka.common.UnknownCodecException("%s is an unknown compression codec".format(name))
     }
   }
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ object CompressionCodec {
 
 object BrokerCompressionCodec {
 
-  val brokerCompressionCodecs = List(UncompressedCodec, SnappyCompressionCodec, LZ4CompressionCodec, GZIPCompressionCodec, ProducerCompressionCodec)
+  val brokerCompressionCodecs = List(UncompressedCodec, ZStdCompressionCodec, LZ4CompressionCodec, SnappyCompressionCodec, GZIPCompressionCodec, ProducerCompressionCodec)
   val brokerCompressionOptions = brokerCompressionCodecs.map(codec => codec.name)
 
   def isValid(compressionType: String): Boolean = brokerCompressionOptions.contains(compressionType.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
@@ -87,6 +89,11 @@ case object LZ4CompressionCodec extends CompressionCodec with BrokerCompressionC
   val name = "lz4"
 }
 
+case object ZStdCompressionCodec extends CompressionCodec with BrokerCompressionCodec {
+  val codec = 4
+  val name = "zstd"
+}
+
 case object NoCompressionCodec extends CompressionCodec with BrokerCompressionCodec {
   val codec = 0
   val name = "none"
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala
index 18ab9db22ed..ecbbdb6f03f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import kafka.common.OffsetAndMetadata
 import kafka.controller.KafkaController
 import kafka.coordinator.group.{GroupCoordinator, JoinGroupResult}
 import kafka.coordinator.transaction.{InitProducerIdResult, TransactionCoordinator}
+import kafka.log.{Log, LogManager, TimestampOffset}
+import kafka.message.{CompressionCodec, NoCompressionCodec, ZStdCompressionCodec}
 import kafka.network.RequestChannel
 import kafka.security.SecurityUtils
 import kafka.security.auth.{Resource, _}
@@ -534,42 +536,56 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel,
 
     def maybeConvertFetchedData(tp: TopicPartition,
                                 partitionData: FetchResponse.PartitionData[Records]): FetchResponse.PartitionData[BaseRecords] = {
-      // Down-conversion of the fetched records is needed when the stored magic version is
-      // greater than that supported by the client (as indicated by the fetch request version). If the
-      // configured magic version for the topic is less than or equal to that supported by the version of the
-      // fetch request, we skip the iteration through the records in order to check the magic version since we
-      // know it must be supported. However, if the magic version is changed from a higher version back to a
-      // lower version, this check will no longer be valid and we will fail to down-convert the messages
-      // which were written in the new format prior to the version downgrade.
-      val unconvertedRecords = partitionData.records
       val logConfig = replicaManager.getLogConfig(tp)
-      val downConvertMagic =
-        logConfig.map(_.messageFormatVersion.recordVersion.value).flatMap { magic =>
-          if (magic > RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0 && versionId <= 1 && !unconvertedRecords.hasCompatibleMagic(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0))
-            Some(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0)
-          else if (magic > RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1 && versionId <= 3 && !unconvertedRecords.hasCompatibleMagic(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1))
-            Some(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1)
-          else
-            None
-        }
 
-      // For fetch requests from clients, check if down-conversion is disabled for the particular partition
-      if (downConvertMagic.isDefined && !fetchRequest.isFromFollower && !logConfig.forall(_.messageDownConversionEnable)) {
-        trace(s"Conversion to message format ${downConvertMagic.get} is disabled for partition $tp. Sending unsupported version response to $clientId.")
-        errorResponse(Errors.UNSUPPORTED_VERSION)
+      if (logConfig.forall(_.compressionType == ZStdCompressionCodec.name) && versionId < 10) {
+        trace(s"Fetching messages is disabled for ZStandard compressed partition $tp. Sending unsupported version response to $clientId.")
+        errorResponse(Errors.UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE)
       } else {
-        val convertedRecords =
-          downConvertMagic.map { magic =>
-            trace(s"Down converting records from partition $tp to message format version $magic for fetch request from $clientId")
-            // Because down-conversion is extremely memory intensive, we want to try and delay the down-conversion as much
-            // as possible. With KIP-283, we have the ability to lazily down-convert in a chunked manner. The lazy, chunked
-            // down-conversion always guarantees that at least one batch of messages is down-converted and sent out to the
-            // client.
-            new LazyDownConversionRecords(tp, unconvertedRecords, magic, fetchContext.getFetchOffset(tp).get, time)
-          }.getOrElse(unconvertedRecords)
-        new FetchResponse.PartitionData[BaseRecords](partitionData.error, partitionData.highWatermark,
-          FetchResponse.INVALID_LAST_STABLE_OFFSET, partitionData.logStartOffset, partitionData.abortedTransactions,
-          convertedRecords)
+        // Down-conversion of the fetched records is needed when the stored magic version is
+        // greater than that supported by the client (as indicated by the fetch request version). If the
+        // configured magic version for the topic is less than or equal to that supported by the version of the
+        // fetch request, we skip the iteration through the records in order to check the magic version since we
+        // know it must be supported. However, if the magic version is changed from a higher version back to a
+        // lower version, this check will no longer be valid and we will fail to down-convert the messages
+        // which were written in the new format prior to the version downgrade.
+        val unconvertedRecords = partitionData.records
+        val downConvertMagic =
+          logConfig.map(_.messageFormatVersion.recordVersion.value).flatMap { magic =>
+            if (magic > RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0 && versionId <= 1 && !unconvertedRecords.hasCompatibleMagic(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0))
+              Some(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0)
+            else if (magic > RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1 && versionId <= 3 && !unconvertedRecords.hasCompatibleMagic(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1))
+              Some(RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V1)
+            else
+              None
+          }
+
+        downConvertMagic match {
+          case Some(magic) =>
+            // For fetch requests from clients, check if down-conversion is disabled for the particular partition
+            if (!fetchRequest.isFromFollower && !logConfig.forall(_.messageDownConversionEnable)) {
+              trace(s"Conversion to message format ${downConvertMagic.get} is disabled for partition $tp. Sending unsupported version response to $clientId.")
+              errorResponse(Errors.UNSUPPORTED_VERSION)
+            } else {
+              try {
+                trace(s"Down converting records from partition $tp to message format version $magic for fetch request from $clientId")
+                // Because down-conversion is extremely memory intensive, we want to try and delay the down-conversion as much
+                // as possible. With KIP-283, we have the ability to lazily down-convert in a chunked manner. The lazy, chunked
+                // down-conversion always guarantees that at least one batch of messages is down-converted and sent out to the
+                // client.
+                new FetchResponse.PartitionData[BaseRecords](partitionData.error, partitionData.highWatermark,
+                  FetchResponse.INVALID_LAST_STABLE_OFFSET, partitionData.logStartOffset, partitionData.abortedTransactions,
+                  new LazyDownConversionRecords(tp, unconvertedRecords, magic, fetchContext.getFetchOffset(tp).get, time))
+              } catch {
+                case e: UnsupportedCompressionTypeException =>
+                  trace("Received unsupported compression type error during down-conversion", e)
+                  errorResponse(Errors.UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE)
+              }
+            }
+          case None => new FetchResponse.PartitionData[BaseRecords](partitionData.error, partitionData.highWatermark,
+            FetchResponse.INVALID_LAST_STABLE_OFFSET, partitionData.logStartOffset, partitionData.abortedTransactions,
+            unconvertedRecords)
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
index 700f32c534f..9edda4ea7f1 100755
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ object KafkaConfig {
 
   val DeleteTopicEnableDoc = "Enables delete topic. Delete topic through the admin tool will have no effect if this config is turned off"
   val CompressionTypeDoc = "Specify the final compression type for a given topic. This configuration accepts the standard compression codecs " +
-  "('gzip', 'snappy', 'lz4'). It additionally accepts 'uncompressed' which is equivalent to no compression; and " +
+  "('gzip', 'snappy', 'lz4', 'zstd'). It additionally accepts 'uncompressed' which is equivalent to no compression; and " +
   "'producer' which means retain the original compression codec set by the producer."
 
   /** ********* Kafka Metrics Configuration ***********/
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ReplicaFetcherThread.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ReplicaFetcherThread.scala
index 930281a342c..aeeaf29516a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ReplicaFetcherThread.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/ReplicaFetcherThread.scala
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ReplicaFetcherThread(name: String,
 
   // Visible for testing
   private[server] val fetchRequestVersion: Short =
-    if (brokerConfig.interBrokerProtocolVersion >= KAFKA_2_1_IV1) 9
+    if (brokerConfig.interBrokerProtocolVersion >= KAFKA_2_1_IV2) 10
     else if (brokerConfig.interBrokerProtocolVersion >= KAFKA_2_0_IV1) 8
     else if (brokerConfig.interBrokerProtocolVersion >= KAFKA_1_1_IV0) 7
     else if (brokerConfig.interBrokerProtocolVersion >= KAFKA_0_11_0_IV1) 5
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/ConsoleProducer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/ConsoleProducer.scala
index 8d8c42d36cf..a9099954564 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/ConsoleProducer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/ConsoleProducer.scala
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ object ConsoleProducer {
       .describedAs("broker-list")
       .ofType(classOf[String])
     val syncOpt = parser.accepts("sync", "If set message send requests to the brokers are synchronously, one at a time as they arrive.")
-    val compressionCodecOpt = parser.accepts("compression-codec", "The compression codec: either 'none', 'gzip', 'snappy', or 'lz4'." +
+    val compressionCodecOpt = parser.accepts("compression-codec", "The compression codec: either 'none', 'gzip', 'snappy', 'lz4', or 'zstd'." +
                                                                   "If specified without value, then it defaults to 'gzip'")
                                     .withOptionalArg()
                                     .describedAs("compression-codec")
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/api/ProducerCompressionTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/api/ProducerCompressionTest.scala
index bb49884686b..24193521f91 100755
--- a/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/api/ProducerCompressionTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/api/ProducerCompressionTest.scala
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ object ProducerCompressionTest {
       Array("none"),
       Array("gzip"),
       Array("snappy"),
-      Array("lz4")
+      Array("lz4"),
+      Array("zstd")
     ).asJava
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/api/ApiVersionTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/api/ApiVersionTest.scala
index d2d115b2cfa..1ffa695f48c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/api/ApiVersionTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/api/ApiVersionTest.scala
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ class ApiVersionTest {
     assertEquals(KAFKA_2_0_IV0, ApiVersion("2.0-IV0"))
     assertEquals(KAFKA_2_0_IV1, ApiVersion("2.0-IV1"))
 
-    assertEquals(KAFKA_2_1_IV1, ApiVersion("2.1"))
+    assertEquals(KAFKA_2_1_IV2, ApiVersion("2.1"))
     assertEquals(KAFKA_2_1_IV0, ApiVersion("2.1-IV0"))
     assertEquals(KAFKA_2_1_IV1, ApiVersion("2.1-IV1"))
+    assertEquals(KAFKA_2_1_IV2, ApiVersion("2.1-IV2"))
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogCleanerParameterizedIntegrationTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogCleanerParameterizedIntegrationTest.scala
index 266bb391e2e..232cfdbf1c1 100755
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogCleanerParameterizedIntegrationTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogCleanerParameterizedIntegrationTest.scala
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ class LogCleanerParameterizedIntegrationTest(compressionCodec: String) extends A
 
   @Test
   def testCleanerWithMessageFormatV0(): Unit = {
+    // zstd compression is not supported with older message formats
+    if (codec == CompressionType.ZSTD)
+      return
+
     val largeMessageKey = 20
     val (largeMessageValue, largeMessageSet) = createLargeSingleMessageSet(largeMessageKey, RecordBatch.MAGIC_VALUE_V0)
     val maxMessageSize = codec match {
@@ -181,6 +185,10 @@ class LogCleanerParameterizedIntegrationTest(compressionCodec: String) extends A
 
   @Test
   def testCleaningNestedMessagesWithMultipleVersions(): Unit = {
+    // zstd compression is not supported with older message formats
+    if (codec == CompressionType.ZSTD)
+      return
+
     val maxMessageSize = 192
     cleaner = makeCleaner(partitions = topicPartitions, maxMessageSize = maxMessageSize)
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/FetchRequestTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/FetchRequestTest.scala
index b4315d105de..72a28549cf5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/FetchRequestTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/FetchRequestTest.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.{Optional, Properties}
 
 import kafka.api.KAFKA_0_11_0_IV2
 import kafka.log.LogConfig
+import kafka.message.{GZIPCompressionCodec, ProducerCompressionCodec, ZStdCompressionCodec}
 import kafka.utils.TestUtils
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.{KafkaProducer, ProducerRecord}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition
@@ -424,6 +425,119 @@ class FetchRequestTest extends BaseRequestTest {
     assertFalse(resp4.responseData().containsKey(bar0))
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def testZStdCompressedTopic(): Unit = {
+    // ZSTD compressed topic
+    val topicConfig = Map(LogConfig.CompressionTypeProp -> ZStdCompressionCodec.name)
+    val (topicPartition, leaderId) = createTopics(numTopics = 1, numPartitions = 1, configs = topicConfig).head
+
+    // Produce messages (v2)
+    producer = TestUtils.createProducer(TestUtils.getBrokerListStrFromServers(servers),
+      keySerializer = new StringSerializer,
+      valueSerializer = new StringSerializer)
+    producer.send(new ProducerRecord(topicPartition.topic, topicPartition.partition,
+      "key1", "value1")).get
+    producer.send(new ProducerRecord(topicPartition.topic, topicPartition.partition,
+      "key2", "value2")).get
+    producer.send(new ProducerRecord(topicPartition.topic, topicPartition.partition,
+      "key3", "value3")).get
+    producer.close()
+
+    // fetch request with version below v10: UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE error occurs
+    val req0 = new FetchRequest.Builder(0, 9, -1, Int.MaxValue, 0,
+      createPartitionMap(300, Seq(topicPartition), Map.empty))
+      .setMaxBytes(800).build()
+
+    val res0 = sendFetchRequest(leaderId, req0)
+    val data0 = res0.responseData.get(topicPartition)
+    assertEquals(Errors.UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE, data0.error)
+
+    // fetch request with version 10: works fine!
+    val req1= new FetchRequest.Builder(0, 10, -1, Int.MaxValue, 0,
+      createPartitionMap(300, Seq(topicPartition), Map.empty))
+      .setMaxBytes(800).build()
+    val res1 = sendFetchRequest(leaderId, req1)
+    val data1 = res1.responseData.get(topicPartition)
+    assertEquals(Errors.NONE, data1.error)
+    assertEquals(3, records(data1).size)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def testZStdCompressedRecords(): Unit = {
+    // Producer compressed topic
+    val topicConfig = Map(LogConfig.CompressionTypeProp -> ProducerCompressionCodec.name,
+      LogConfig.MessageFormatVersionProp -> "2.0.0")
+    val (topicPartition, leaderId) = createTopics(numTopics = 1, numPartitions = 1, configs = topicConfig).head
+
+    // Produce GZIP compressed messages (v2)
+    val producer1 = TestUtils.createProducer(TestUtils.getBrokerListStrFromServers(servers),
+      compressionType = GZIPCompressionCodec.name,
+      keySerializer = new StringSerializer,
+      valueSerializer = new StringSerializer)
+    producer1.send(new ProducerRecord(topicPartition.topic, topicPartition.partition,
+      "key1", "value1")).get
+    producer1.close()
+    // Produce ZSTD compressed messages (v2)
+    val producer2 = TestUtils.createProducer(TestUtils.getBrokerListStrFromServers(servers),
+      compressionType = ZStdCompressionCodec.name,
+      keySerializer = new StringSerializer,
+      valueSerializer = new StringSerializer)
+    producer2.send(new ProducerRecord(topicPartition.topic, topicPartition.partition,
+      "key2", "value2")).get
+    producer2.send(new ProducerRecord(topicPartition.topic, topicPartition.partition,
+      "key3", "value3")).get
+    producer2.close()
+
+    // fetch request with fetch version v1 (magic 0):
+    // gzip compressed record is returned with down-conversion.
+    // zstd compressed record raises UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE error.
+    val req0 = new FetchRequest.Builder(0, 1, -1, Int.MaxValue, 0,
+      createPartitionMap(300, Seq(topicPartition), Map.empty))
+      .setMaxBytes(800).build()
+
+    val res0 = sendFetchRequest(leaderId, req0)
+    val data0 = res0.responseData.get(topicPartition)
+    assertEquals(Errors.NONE, data0.error)
+    assertEquals(1, records(data0).size)
+
+    val req1 = new FetchRequest.Builder(0, 1, -1, Int.MaxValue, 0,
+      createPartitionMap(300, Seq(topicPartition), Map(topicPartition -> 1L)))
+      .setMaxBytes(800).build()
+
+    val res1 = sendFetchRequest(leaderId, req1)
+    val data1 = res1.responseData.get(topicPartition)
+    assertEquals(Errors.UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE, data1.error)
+
+    // fetch request with fetch version v3 (magic 1):
+    // gzip compressed record is returned with down-conversion.
+    // zstd compressed record raises UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE error.
+    val req2 = new FetchRequest.Builder(2, 3, -1, Int.MaxValue, 0,
+      createPartitionMap(300, Seq(topicPartition), Map.empty))
+      .setMaxBytes(800).build()
+
+    val res2 = sendFetchRequest(leaderId, req2)
+    val data2 = res2.responseData.get(topicPartition)
+    assertEquals(Errors.NONE, data2.error)
+    assertEquals(1, records(data2).size)
+
+    val req3 = new FetchRequest.Builder(0, 1, -1, Int.MaxValue, 0,
+      createPartitionMap(300, Seq(topicPartition), Map(topicPartition -> 1L)))
+      .setMaxBytes(800).build()
+
+    val res3 = sendFetchRequest(leaderId, req3)
+    val data3 = res3.responseData.get(topicPartition)
+    assertEquals(Errors.UNSUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_TYPE, data3.error)
+
+    // fetch request with version 10: works fine!
+    val req4= new FetchRequest.Builder(0, 10, -1, Int.MaxValue, 0,
+      createPartitionMap(300, Seq(topicPartition), Map.empty))
+      .setMaxBytes(800).build()
+    val res4 = sendFetchRequest(leaderId, req4)
+    val data4 = res4.responseData.get(topicPartition)
+    assertEquals(Errors.NONE, data4.error)
+    assertEquals(3, records(data4).size)
+  }
+
   private def records(partitionData: FetchResponse.PartitionData[MemoryRecords]): Seq[Record] = {
     partitionData.records.records.asScala.toIndexedSeq
   }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ProduceRequestTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ProduceRequestTest.scala
index 4e66494374f..b1f3af145b9 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ProduceRequestTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/ProduceRequestTest.scala
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@
 
 package kafka.server
 
+import java.util.Properties
+
+import kafka.log.LogConfig
+import kafka.message.ZStdCompressionCodec
 import kafka.utils.TestUtils
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.{ApiKeys, Errors}
-import org.apache.kafka.common.record.{CompressionType, DefaultRecordBatch, MemoryRecords, SimpleRecord}
+import org.apache.kafka.common.record._
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.{ProduceRequest, ProduceResponse}
 import org.junit.Assert._
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -111,6 +115,31 @@ class ProduceRequestTest extends BaseRequestTest {
     assertEquals(-1, partitionResponse.logAppendTime)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def testZSTDProduceRequest(): Unit = {
+    val topic = "topic"
+    val partition = 0
+
+    // Create a single-partition topic compressed with ZSTD
+    val topicConfig = new Properties
+    topicConfig.setProperty(LogConfig.CompressionTypeProp, ZStdCompressionCodec.name)
+    val partitionToLeader = TestUtils.createTopic(zkClient, topic, 1, 1, servers, topicConfig)
+    val leader = partitionToLeader(partition)
+    val memoryRecords = MemoryRecords.withRecords(CompressionType.ZSTD,
+      new SimpleRecord(System.currentTimeMillis(), "key".getBytes, "value".getBytes))
+    val topicPartition = new TopicPartition("topic", partition)
+    val partitionRecords = Map(topicPartition -> memoryRecords)
+
+    // produce request with v7: works fine!
+    val res1 = sendProduceRequest(leader,
+      new ProduceRequest.Builder(7, 7, -1, 3000, partitionRecords.asJava, null).build())
+    val (tp, partitionResponse) = res1.responses.asScala.head
+    assertEquals(topicPartition, tp)
+    assertEquals(Errors.NONE, partitionResponse.error)
+    assertEquals(0, partitionResponse.baseOffset)
+    assertEquals(-1, partitionResponse.logAppendTime)
+  }
+
   private def sendProduceRequest(leaderId: Int, request: ProduceRequest): ProduceResponse = {
     val response = connectAndSend(request, ApiKeys.PRODUCE, destination = brokerSocketServer(leaderId))
     ProduceResponse.parse(response, request.version)
diff --git a/docs/design.html b/docs/design.html
index bdc7e637ea9..0061a53c49d 100644
--- a/docs/design.html
+++ b/docs/design.html
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     Kafka supports this with an efficient batching format. A batch of messages can be clumped together compressed and sent to the server in this form. This batch of messages will be written in compressed form and will
     remain compressed in the log and will only be decompressed by the consumer.
     <p>
-    Kafka supports GZIP, Snappy and LZ4 compression protocols. More details on compression can be found <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Compression">here</a>.
+    Kafka supports GZIP, Snappy, LZ4 and ZStandard compression protocols. More details on compression can be found <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Compression">here</a>.
 
     <h3><a id="theproducer" href="#theproducer">4.4 The Producer</a></h3>
 
diff --git a/docs/implementation.html b/docs/implementation.html
index 4ecce7b4485..cc2b0f47ffe 100644
--- a/docs/implementation.html
+++ b/docs/implementation.html
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 				1: gzip
 				2: snappy
 				3: lz4
+				4: zstd
 			bit 3: timestampType
 			bit 4: isTransactional (0 means not transactional)
 			bit 5: isControlBatch (0 means not a control batch)
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 9ebf9e2261d..e22885e06a1 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ versions += [
   slf4j: "1.7.25",
   snappy: "1.1.7.2",
   zkclient: "0.10",
-  zookeeper: "3.4.13"
+  zookeeper: "3.4.13",
+  zstd: "1.3.5-4"
 ]
 
 libs += [
@@ -143,5 +144,6 @@ libs += [
   zkclient: "com.101tec:zkclient:$versions.zkclient",
   zookeeper: "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:$versions.zookeeper",
   jfreechart: "jfreechart:jfreechart:$versions.jfreechart",
-  mavenArtifact: "org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:$versions.mavenArtifact"
+  mavenArtifact: "org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:$versions.mavenArtifact",
+  zstd: "com.github.luben:zstd-jni:$versions.zstd",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/tests/client/compression_test.py b/tests/kafkatest/tests/client/compression_test.py
index 165e11add19..2085d9b6259 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/tests/client/compression_test.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/tests/client/compression_test.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class CompressionTest(ProduceConsumeValidateTest):
         return super(CompressionTest, self).min_cluster_size() + self.num_producers + self.num_consumers
 
     @cluster(num_nodes=7)
-    @parametrize(compression_types=["snappy","gzip","lz4","none"])
+    @parametrize(compression_types=["snappy","gzip","lz4","zstd","none"])
     def test_compressed_topic(self, compression_types):
         """Test produce => consume => validate for compressed topics
         Setup: 1 zk, 1 kafka node, 1 topic with partitions=10, replication-factor=1