diff --git a/doc/source/admin/kafka.rst b/doc/source/admin/kafka.rst
index 3fc3864c9..c581fb0ad 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/kafka.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/kafka.rst
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ Notifier Options
 - :oslo.config:option:`oslo_messaging_kafka.producer_batch_timeout`
 - :oslo.config:option:`oslo_messaging_kafka.producer_batch_size`
 
+compression_codec
+    The compression codec for all data generated by the producer, valid values
+    are: none, gzip, snappy, lz4, zstd. Note that the legal option of this
+    depends on the kafka version, please refer to `kafka documentation`_.
+
+.. _kafka documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/
+
 Security Options
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_kafka.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_kafka.py
index dc4fe0960..07b473d0a 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_kafka.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_kafka.py
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ class ProducerConnection(Connection):
         super(ProducerConnection, self).__init__(conf, url)
         self.batch_size = self.driver_conf.producer_batch_size
         self.linger_ms = self.driver_conf.producer_batch_timeout * 1000
+        self.compression_codec = self.driver_conf.compression_codec
         self.producer = None
         self.producer_lock = threading.Lock()
 
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ class ProducerConnection(Connection):
                 'bootstrap.servers': ",".join(self.hostaddrs),
                 'linger.ms': self.linger_ms,
                 'batch.num.messages': self.batch_size,
+                'compression.codec': self.compression_codec,
                 'security.protocol': self.security_protocol,
                 'sasl.mechanism': self.sasl_mechanism,
                 'sasl.username': self.username,
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/kafka_driver/kafka_options.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/kafka_driver/kafka_options.py
index 5fbe7b220..42c990cd4 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/kafka_driver/kafka_options.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/kafka_driver/kafka_options.py
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ KAFKA_OPTS = [
     cfg.IntOpt('producer_batch_size', default=16384,
                help='Size of batch for the producer async send'),
 
+    cfg.StrOpt('compression_codec', default='none',
+               choices=['none', 'gzip', 'snappy', 'lz4', 'zstd'],
+               help='The compression codec for all data generated by the '
+                    'producer. Valid values are: gzip, snappy, lz4, zstd. If '
+                    'not set, compression will not be used. Note that the '
+                    'legal option of this depends on the kafka version'),
+
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable_auto_commit',
                 default=False,
                 help='Enable asynchronous consumer commits'),
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_kafka.py b/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_kafka.py
index 80af57651..0af8c053e 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_kafka.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_kafka.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class TestKafkaDriver(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
                 'bootstrap.servers': '',
                 'linger.ms': mock.ANY,
                 'batch.num.messages': mock.ANY,
+                'compression.codec': 'none',
                 'security.protocol': 'PLAINTEXT',
                 'sasl.mechanism': 'PLAIN',
                 'sasl.username': mock.ANY,
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/test_functional.py b/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/test_functional.py
index 6800f596f..384b37265 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/test_functional.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/test_functional.py
@@ -539,3 +539,27 @@ class NotifyTestCase(utils.SkipIfNoTransportURL):
         self.assertEqual(100, len(events[0][1]))
         self.assertEqual(100, len(events[1][1]))
         self.assertEqual(5, len(events[2][1]))
+
+    def test_compression(self):
+        get_timeout = 1
+        if self.url.startswith("amqp:"):
+            self.conf.set_override('kombu_compression', 'gzip',
+                                   group='oslo_messaging_rabbit')
+        if self.url.startswith("kafka://"):
+            get_timeout = 5
+            self.conf.set_override('compression_codec', 'gzip',
+                                   group='oslo_messaging_kafka')
+            self.conf.set_override('consumer_group', 'test_compression',
+                                   group='oslo_messaging_kafka')
+
+        listener = self.useFixture(
+            utils.NotificationFixture(self.conf, self.url,
+                                      ['test_compression']))
+        notifier = listener.notifier('abc')
+
+        notifier.info({}, 'test', 'Hello World!')
+        event = listener.events.get(timeout=get_timeout)
+        self.assertEqual('info', event[0])
+        self.assertEqual('test', event[1])
+        self.assertEqual('Hello World!', event[2])
+        self.assertEqual('abc', event[3])