diff --git a/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c b/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c
index 05103a4e..6c8d6d71 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c
@@ -659,16 +659,12 @@ wtiff_write_header( Wtiff *wtiff, Layer *layer )
 		TIFFSetField( tif, TIFFTAG_WEBP_LEVEL, wtiff->Q );
 		TIFFSetField( tif, TIFFTAG_WEBP_LOSSLESS, wtiff->lossless );
 	}
-	if( wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ZSTD ) {
+	if( wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ZSTD ) 
 		TIFFSetField( tif, TIFFTAG_ZSTD_LEVEL, wtiff->level );
-
-		if( wtiff->predictor != VIPS_FOREIGN_TIFF_PREDICTOR_NONE )
-			TIFFSetField( tif, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR,
-				wtiff->predictor );
-	}
 #endif /*HAVE_TIFF_COMPRESSION_WEBP*/
 
 	if( (wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ADOBE_DEFLATE ||
+		wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ZSTD ||
 		wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_LZW) &&
 		wtiff->predictor != VIPS_FOREIGN_TIFF_PREDICTOR_NONE ) 
 		TIFFSetField( tif, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, wtiff->predictor );
@@ -1867,16 +1863,12 @@ wtiff_copy_tiff( Wtiff *wtiff, TIFF *out, TIFF *in )
 		TIFFSetField( out, TIFFTAG_WEBP_LEVEL, wtiff->Q );
 		TIFFSetField( out, TIFFTAG_WEBP_LOSSLESS, wtiff->lossless );
 	}
-	if( wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ZSTD ) {
+	if( wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ZSTD ) 
 		TIFFSetField( out, TIFFTAG_ZSTD_LEVEL, wtiff->level );
-
-		if( wtiff->predictor != VIPS_FOREIGN_TIFF_PREDICTOR_NONE )
-			TIFFSetField( out, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR,
-				wtiff->predictor );
-	}
 #endif /*HAVE_TIFF_COMPRESSION_WEBP*/
 
 	if( (wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ADOBE_DEFLATE ||
+		wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_ZSTD ||
 		wtiff->compression == COMPRESSION_LZW) &&
 		wtiff->predictor != VIPS_FOREIGN_TIFF_PREDICTOR_NONE ) 
 		TIFFSetField( out, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, wtiff->predictor );