diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cf9a9dcd9540b..e9be35816ecde 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6944,6 +6944,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with 3.3.0",
  "simd-json",
+ "strum 0.25.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.25.2",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
diff --git a/src/connector/Cargo.toml b/src/connector/Cargo.toml
index c8cb5a0204fa9..71ca46d808b9e 100644
--- a/src/connector/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/connector/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ serde_derive = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
 serde_with = { version = "3", features = ["json"] }
 simd-json = "0.10.6"
+strum = "0.25"
+strum_macros = "0.25"
 tempfile = "3"
 thiserror = "1"
 time = "0.3.28"
diff --git a/src/connector/src/sink/kafka.rs b/src/connector/src/sink/kafka.rs
index ec5192666916c..bd898dc24fecf 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/sink/kafka.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/sink/kafka.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use risingwave_common::catalog::Schema;
 use risingwave_rpc_client::ConnectorClient;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_with::{serde_as, DisplayFromStr};
+use strum_macros::{Display, EnumString};
 
 use super::encoder::{JsonEncoder, TimestampHandlingMode};
 use super::formatter::{
@@ -71,6 +72,16 @@ const fn _default_force_append_only() -> bool {
     false
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Display, Serialize, Deserialize, EnumString)]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "snake_case")]
+enum CompressionCodec {
+    None,
+    Gzip,
+    Snappy,
+    Lz4,
+    Zstd,
+}
+
 #[serde_as]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct RdKafkaPropertiesProducer {
@@ -126,6 +137,11 @@ pub struct RdKafkaPropertiesProducer {
     #[serde(rename = "properties.batch.size")]
     #[serde_as(as = "Option<DisplayFromStr>")]
     batch_size: Option<usize>,
+
+    /// Compression codec to use for compressing message sets.
+    #[serde(rename = "properties.compression.codec")]
+    #[serde_as(as = "Option<DisplayFromStr>")]
+    compression_codec: Option<CompressionCodec>,
 }
 
 impl RdKafkaPropertiesProducer {
@@ -154,6 +170,9 @@ impl RdKafkaPropertiesProducer {
         if let Some(v) = self.batch_size {
             c.set("batch.size", v.to_string());
         }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.compression_codec {
+            c.set("compression.codec", v.to_string());
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -651,12 +670,17 @@ mod test {
             "properties.retry.backoff.ms".to_string() => "114514".to_string(),
             "properties.batch.num.messages".to_string() => "114514".to_string(),
             "properties.batch.size".to_string() => "114514".to_string(),
+            "properties.compression.codec".to_string() => "zstd".to_string(),
         };
         let c = KafkaConfig::from_hashmap(props).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             c.rdkafka_properties.queue_buffering_max_ms,
             Some(114.514f64)
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            c.rdkafka_properties.compression_codec,
+            Some(CompressionCodec::Zstd)
+        );
 
         let props: HashMap<String, String> = hashmap! {
             // basic
@@ -678,6 +702,16 @@ mod test {
             "properties.queue.buffering.max.kbytes".to_string() => "-114514".to_string(), // usize cannot be negative
         };
         assert!(KafkaConfig::from_hashmap(props).is_err());
+
+        let props: HashMap<String, String> = hashmap! {
+            // basic
+            "connector".to_string() => "kafka".to_string(),
+            "properties.bootstrap.server".to_string() => "localhost:9092".to_string(),
+            "topic".to_string() => "test".to_string(),
+            "type".to_string() => "append-only".to_string(),
+            "properties.compression.codec".to_string() => "notvalid".to_string(), // has to be a valid CompressionCodec
+        };
+        assert!(KafkaConfig::from_hashmap(props).is_err());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -763,6 +797,7 @@ mod test {
             "properties.bootstrap.server".to_string() => "localhost:29092".to_string(),
             "type".to_string() => "append-only".to_string(),
             "topic".to_string() => "test_topic".to_string(),
+            "properties.compression.codec".to_string() => "zstd".to_string(),
         };
 
         // Create a table with two columns (| id : INT32 | v2 : VARCHAR |) here