diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
index e890518a45a..2740ebde5bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/zstd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, bash, gnugrep
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, bash, gnugrep
 , fixDarwinDylibNames
 , file
 , legacySupport ? false
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # This patches makes sure we do not attempt to use the MD5 implementation
     # of the host platform when running the tests
     ./playtests-darwin.patch
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.is32bit
+    (fetchpatch { # https://github.com/facebook/zstd/pull/2606
+      name = "test-memory-usage.diff";
+      url = "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/commit/6f40571a.diff";
+      sha256 = "1484k5b99wplv9vjvvxjn88l13hlay6bynhq3zh1nd34whyi1kd0";
+    });
+
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString (!static) ''
     substituteInPlace build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt \