diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index 4950148..5cff5d0 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ enum Command {
     Convert {
         #[structopt(short, long)]
         single_file: bool,
+        #[structopt(short, long)]
+        zstd: bool,
         #[structopt(parse(from_os_str))]
         input: PathBuf,
         #[structopt(parse(from_os_str))]
@@ -133,10 +135,11 @@ async fn execute_command(cmd: Command) -> Result<(), Error> {
             single_file,
             input,
             output,
+            zstd,
         } => {
             let input_filename = parse_filename(&input)?;
             let output_filename = parse_filename(&output)?;
-            convert_files(&ctx, input_filename, output_filename, single_file).await?;
+            convert_files(&ctx, input_filename, output_filename, single_file, zstd).await?;
         }
         Command::Query {
             table,
diff --git a/src/convert.rs b/src/convert.rs
index c99b9f0..f89e226 100644
--- a/src/convert.rs
+++ b/src/convert.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,24 @@ pub async fn convert_files(
     ctx: &SessionContext,
     input_filename: &str,
     output_filename: &str,
-    one_file: bool
+    single_file: bool,
+    zstd: bool,
 ) -> Result<Vec<RecordBatch>, Error> {
     let df = register_table(ctx, "t", input_filename).await?;
-    let write_options = DataFrameWriteOptions::default().with_single_file_output(one_file);
+    let write_options = DataFrameWriteOptions::default().with_single_file_output(single_file);
+    let props = if zstd {
+        WriterProperties::builder()
+            .set_created_by("bdt".to_string())
+            .set_encoding(Encoding::PLAIN)
+            .set_compression(Compression::ZSTD(ZstdLevel::try_new(8)?))
+            .build()
+    } else {
+        WriterProperties::builder()
+            .set_created_by("bdt".to_string())
+            .set_encoding(Encoding::PLAIN)
+            .build()
+    };
+
     match file_format(output_filename)? {
         FileFormat::Avro => Err(Error::General(
             "Conversion to Avro is not supported".to_string(),
@@ -32,7 +46,7 @@ pub async fn convert_files(
             .await
             .map_err(|e| e.into()),
         FileFormat::Parquet => df
-            .write_parquet(output_filename, write_options, None)
+            .write_parquet(output_filename, write_options, Some(props))
             .await
             .map_err(|e| e.into()),
         FileFormat::Arrow => unimplemented!(),