diff --git a/shell/browser/net/system_network_context_manager.cc b/shell/browser/net/system_network_context_manager.cc
index 641abe788dc..97f7a0df994 100644
--- a/shell/browser/net/system_network_context_manager.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/net/system_network_context_manager.cc
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ SystemNetworkContextManager::CreateDefaultNetworkContextParams() {
 void SystemNetworkContextManager::ConfigureDefaultNetworkContextParams(
     network::mojom::NetworkContextParams* network_context_params) {
   network_context_params->enable_brotli = true;
+  network_context_params->enable_zstd =
+      base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(net::features::kZstdContentEncoding);
 
   network_context_params->enable_referrers = true;