diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/303 b/tests/qemu-iotests/303
index 93aa5ce9b7..40e947f26c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/303
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/303
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 
 import iotests
 import subprocess
-from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, file_path, log, filter_qemu_io
+from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, file_path, log, filter_qemu_io, \
+        verify_qcow2_zstd_compression
 
 iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
                           unsupported_imgopts=['refcount_bits', 'compat'])
+verify_qcow2_zstd_compression()
 
 disk = file_path('disk')
 chunk = 1024 * 1024