diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index a686d0d8..f3915545 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type Client interface {
 	Create(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte) error
 	Update(ctx context.Context, key string, revision int64, value []byte) error
 	Delete(ctx context.Context, key string, revision int64) error
+	Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error)
 	Close() error
 }
 
@@ -144,6 +145,14 @@ func (c *client) Delete(ctx context.Context, key string, revision int64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *client) Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error) {
+	resp, err := c.c.Compact(ctx, revision)
+	if resp != nil {
+		return resp.Header.GetRevision(), err
+	}
+	return 0, err
+}
+
 func (c *client) Close() error {
 	return c.c.Close()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/nats/backend.go b/pkg/drivers/nats/backend.go
index d094e200..5feb6b54 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/nats/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/nats/backend.go
@@ -427,3 +427,8 @@ func (b *Backend) Watch(ctx context.Context, prefix string, startRevision int64)
 		CurrentRevision: rev,
 	}
 }
+
+// Compact is a no-op / not implemented. Revision history is managed by the jetstream bucket.
+func (b *Backend) Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error) {
+	return revision, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/nats/logger.go b/pkg/drivers/nats/logger.go
index fbfb0d0f..b288aa85 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/nats/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/nats/logger.go
@@ -120,3 +120,8 @@ func (b *BackendLogger) DbSize(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 func (b *BackendLogger) CurrentRevision(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 	return b.backend.CurrentRevision(ctx)
 }
+
+// Compact is a no-op / not implemented. Revision history is managed by the jetstream bucket.
+func (b *BackendLogger) Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error) {
+	return revision, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/logstructured/logstructured.go b/pkg/logstructured/logstructured.go
index fed96e21..cfeb106f 100644
--- a/pkg/logstructured/logstructured.go
+++ b/pkg/logstructured/logstructured.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Log interface {
 	Watch(ctx context.Context, prefix string) <-chan []*server.Event
 	Append(ctx context.Context, event *server.Event) (int64, error)
 	DbSize(ctx context.Context) (int64, error)
+	Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error)
 }
 
 type ttlEventKV struct {
@@ -496,3 +497,7 @@ func (l *LogStructured) DbSize(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 func (l *LogStructured) CurrentRevision(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 	return l.log.CurrentRevision(ctx)
 }
+
+func (l *LogStructured) Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error) {
+	return l.log.Compact(ctx, revision)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/logstructured/sqllog/sql.go b/pkg/logstructured/sqllog/sql.go
index 8305e20f..afd62fbc 100644
--- a/pkg/logstructured/sqllog/sql.go
+++ b/pkg/logstructured/sqllog/sql.go
@@ -612,3 +612,7 @@ func safeCompactRev(targetCompactRev int64, currentRev int64) int64 {
 func (s *SQLLog) DbSize(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 	return s.d.GetSize(ctx)
 }
+
+func (s *SQLLog) Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error) {
+	return s.d.Compact(ctx, revision)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/server/compact.go b/pkg/server/compact.go
index 340b9ae1..f2fc83a6 100644
--- a/pkg/server/compact.go
+++ b/pkg/server/compact.go
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3/mvccpb"
 )
 
+func (l *LimitedServer) Compact(ctx context.Context, r *etcdserverpb.CompactionRequest) (*etcdserverpb.CompactionResponse, error) {
+	rev, err := l.backend.Compact(ctx, r.Revision)
+	return &etcdserverpb.CompactionResponse{
+		Header: &etcdserverpb.ResponseHeader{
+			Revision: rev,
+		},
+	}, err
+}
+
 func isCompact(txn *etcdserverpb.TxnRequest) bool {
 	// See https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/442a69c3bdf6fe8e525b05887e57d89db1e2f3a5/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/compact.go#L72
 	return len(txn.Compare) == 1 &&
@@ -19,7 +28,7 @@ func isCompact(txn *etcdserverpb.TxnRequest) bool {
 		string(txn.Compare[0].Key) == "compact_rev_key"
 }
 
-func (l *LimitedServer) compact(ctx context.Context) (*etcdserverpb.TxnResponse, error) {
+func (l *LimitedServer) compact() (*etcdserverpb.TxnResponse, error) {
 	// return comparison failure so that the apiserver does not bother compacting
 	return &etcdserverpb.TxnResponse{
 		Header:    &etcdserverpb.ResponseHeader{},
diff --git a/pkg/server/create.go b/pkg/server/create.go
index af6f43c1..00ce3c43 100644
--- a/pkg/server/create.go
+++ b/pkg/server/create.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func isCreate(txn *etcdserverpb.TxnRequest) *etcdserverpb.PutRequest {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (l *LimitedServer) create(ctx context.Context, put *etcdserverpb.PutRequest, txn *etcdserverpb.TxnRequest) (*etcdserverpb.TxnResponse, error) {
+func (l *LimitedServer) create(ctx context.Context, put *etcdserverpb.PutRequest) (*etcdserverpb.TxnResponse, error) {
 	if put.IgnoreLease {
 		return nil, unsupported("ignoreLease")
 	} else if put.IgnoreValue {
diff --git a/pkg/server/kv.go b/pkg/server/kv.go
index bf2ea020..fda2a373 100644
--- a/pkg/server/kv.go
+++ b/pkg/server/kv.go
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ func (k *KVServerBridge) Txn(ctx context.Context, r *etcdserverpb.TxnRequest) (*
 }
 
 func (k *KVServerBridge) Compact(ctx context.Context, r *etcdserverpb.CompactionRequest) (*etcdserverpb.CompactionResponse, error) {
-	return &etcdserverpb.CompactionResponse{
-		Header: &etcdserverpb.ResponseHeader{
-			Revision: r.Revision,
-		},
-	}, nil
+	res, err := k.limited.Compact(ctx, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("error in compact %s: %v", r, err)
+	}
+	return res, err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/server/limited.go b/pkg/server/limited.go
index 7957c84d..45bc6771 100644
--- a/pkg/server/limited.go
+++ b/pkg/server/limited.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func txnHeader(rev int64) *etcdserverpb.ResponseHeader {
 
 func (l *LimitedServer) Txn(ctx context.Context, txn *etcdserverpb.TxnRequest) (*etcdserverpb.TxnResponse, error) {
 	if put := isCreate(txn); put != nil {
-		return l.create(ctx, put, txn)
+		return l.create(ctx, put)
 	}
 	if rev, key, ok := isDelete(txn); ok {
 		return l.delete(ctx, key, rev)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (l *LimitedServer) Txn(ctx context.Context, txn *etcdserverpb.TxnRequest) (
 		return l.update(ctx, rev, key, value, lease)
 	}
 	if isCompact(txn) {
-		return l.compact(ctx)
+		return l.compact()
 	}
 	return nil, ErrNotSupported
 }
diff --git a/pkg/server/types.go b/pkg/server/types.go
index 4afdba0c..83a87322 100644
--- a/pkg/server/types.go
+++ b/pkg/server/types.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type Backend interface {
 	Watch(ctx context.Context, key string, revision int64) WatchResult
 	DbSize(ctx context.Context) (int64, error)
 	CurrentRevision(ctx context.Context) (int64, error)
+	Compact(ctx context.Context, revision int64) (int64, error)
 }
 
 type Dialect interface {