--- a/src/arrow/util/compression_zstd.cc
+++ b/src/arrow/util/compression_zstd.cc
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ namespace util {
 
 Status ZSTDCodec::Decompress(int64_t input_len, const uint8_t* input, int64_t output_len,
                              uint8_t* output_buffer) {
+  void *safe_output_buffer = static_cast<void*>(output_buffer);
+  int dummy {};
+  if ((output_len == 0) && (output_buffer == NULL)) {
+    safe_output_buffer = static_cast<void*>(&dummy);
+  }
   int64_t decompressed_size =
-      ZSTD_decompress(output_buffer, static_cast<size_t>(output_len), input,
+      ZSTD_decompress(safe_output_buffer, static_cast<size_t>(output_len), input,
                       static_cast<size_t>(input_len));
   if (decompressed_size != output_len) {
     return Status::IOError("Corrupt ZSTD compressed data.");