diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 9006e759..6324cca1 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) getLegacyMapResponseData(
 	}
 
 	var respBody []byte
-	if mapRequest.Compress == "zstd" {
+	if mapRequest.Compress == ZstdCompression {
 		src, err := json.Marshal(resp)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) getMapKeepAliveResponse(
 	}
 	var respBody []byte
 	var err error
-	if mapRequest.Compress == "zstd" {
+	if mapRequest.Compress == ZstdCompression {
 		src, err := json.Marshal(mapResponse)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index b4362535..089e867b 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ const (
 	privateHexPrefix = "privkey:"
 
 	PermissionFallback = 0o700
+
+	ZstdCompression = "zstd"
 )
 
 func MachinePublicKeyStripPrefix(machineKey key.MachinePublic) string {