diff --git a/pkgbuilds/openai-codex-desktop/.omarchy/patches/max-zstd-compression.patch b/pkgbuilds/openai-codex-desktop/.omarchy/patches/max-zstd-compression.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58bd5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgbuilds/openai-codex-desktop/.omarchy/patches/max-zstd-compression.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/PKGBUILD
++++ b/PKGBUILD
+@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
+ conflicts=('chatgpt')
+ options=('!debug' '!strip')
+ 
++# Omarchy: the build image compresses with zstd at its default level, which
++# leaves this 1.3 GB Electron tree at 447 MB. Maximum zstd takes it to 322 MB
++# for ~4 extra minutes of build time -- worth it for a package this large that
++# every user re-downloads on each of OpenAI's frequent releases.
++COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -z -q --ultra -22 --threads=0 -)
++
+ _deb_x86_64="chatgpt_${pkgver}_amd64.deb"
+ _deb_aarch64="chatgpt_${pkgver}_arm64.deb"
+ source=('chatgpt-launcher.sh')
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/openai-codex-desktop/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/openai-codex-desktop/PKGBUILD
index 3ae38a0..52393e7 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/openai-codex-desktop/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/openai-codex-desktop/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pkgname=openai-codex-desktop
 pkgver=26.803.81509
-pkgrel=8
+pkgrel=8.1
 pkgdesc="Official ChatGPT desktop app with Codex"
 arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
 url="https://chatgpt.com/codex/"
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ provides=('chatgpt')
 conflicts=('chatgpt')
 options=('!debug' '!strip')
 
+# Omarchy: the build image compresses with zstd at its default level, which
+# leaves this 1.3 GB Electron tree at 447 MB. Maximum zstd takes it to 322 MB
+# for ~4 extra minutes of build time -- worth it for a package this large that
+# every user re-downloads on each of OpenAI's frequent releases.
+COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -z -q --ultra -22 --threads=0 -)
+
 _deb_x86_64="chatgpt_${pkgver}_amd64.deb"
 _deb_aarch64="chatgpt_${pkgver}_arm64.deb"
 source=('chatgpt-launcher.sh')