diff --git a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.c b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.c
index 0ecef527acb..5d14a33673c 100644
--- a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.c
+++ b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_http_client.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_utils.h>
 
+#include <fluent-bit/aws/flb_aws_compress.h>
+
 #include <monkey/mk_core.h>
 #include <msgpack.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -119,6 +121,15 @@ static int cb_firehose_init(struct flb_output_instance *ins,
         ctx->sts_endpoint = (char *) tmp;
     }
 
+    tmp = flb_output_get_property("compression", ins);
+    if (tmp) {
+        ret = flb_aws_compression_get_type(tmp);
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "unknown compression: %s", tmp);
+            goto error;
+        }
+        ctx->compression = ret;
+    }
 
     tmp = flb_output_get_property("log_key", ins);
     if (tmp) {
@@ -428,6 +439,15 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
     "Custom endpoint for the STS API."
     },
 
+    {
+     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_STR, "compression", NULL,
+     0, FLB_FALSE, 0,
+    "Compression type for Firehose records. Each log record is individually compressed "
+    "and sent to Firehose. 'gzip' and 'arrow' are the supported values. "
+    "'arrow' is only an available if Apache Arrow was enabled at compile time. "
+    "Defaults to no compression."
+    },
+
     {
      FLB_CONFIG_MAP_STR, "log_key", NULL,
      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_firehose, log_key),
diff --git a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.h b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.h
index 7f84e0002dc..85dd0f72f6d 100644
--- a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.h
+++ b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct flb_firehose {
     char *sts_endpoint;
     int custom_endpoint;
     int retry_requests;
+    int compression;
 
     /* must be freed on shutdown if custom_endpoint is not set */
     char *endpoint;
diff --git a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.c b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.c
index 2e5cd751e43..4b1568536e0 100644
--- a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.c
+++ b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_http_client.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_utils.h>
 
+#include <fluent-bit/aws/flb_aws_compress.h>
+
 #include <monkey/mk_core.h>
 #include <mbedtls/base64.h>
 #include <msgpack.h>
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ static int process_event(struct flb_firehose *ctx, struct flush *buf,
     struct tm *tmp;
     size_t len;
     size_t tmp_size;
+    void *compressed_tmp_buf;
 
     tmp_buf_ptr = buf->tmp_buf + buf->tmp_buf_offset;
     ret = flb_msgpack_to_json(tmp_buf_ptr,
@@ -260,29 +263,52 @@ static int process_event(struct flb_firehose *ctx, struct flush *buf,
     memcpy(tmp_buf_ptr + written, "\n", 1);
     written++;
 
-    /*
-     * check if event_buf is initialized and big enough
-     * Base64 encoding will increase size by ~4/3
-     */
-    size = (written * 1.5) + 4;
-    if (buf->event_buf == NULL || buf->event_buf_size < size) {
-        flb_free(buf->event_buf);
-        buf->event_buf = flb_malloc(size);
-        buf->event_buf_size = size;
-        if (buf->event_buf == NULL) {
+    if (ctx->compression == FLB_AWS_COMPRESS_NONE) {
+        /*
+         * check if event_buf is initialized and big enough
+         * Base64 encoding will increase size by ~4/3
+         */
+        size = (written * 1.5) + 4;
+        if (buf->event_buf == NULL || buf->event_buf_size < size) {
+            flb_free(buf->event_buf);
+            buf->event_buf = flb_malloc(size);
+            buf->event_buf_size = size;
+            if (buf->event_buf == NULL) {
+                flb_errno();
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        tmp_buf_ptr = buf->tmp_buf + buf->tmp_buf_offset;
+        
+        ret = mbedtls_base64_encode((unsigned char *) buf->event_buf, size, &b64_len,
+                                (unsigned char *) tmp_buf_ptr, written);
+        if (ret != 0) {
             flb_errno();
             return -1;
         }
+        written = b64_len;
     }
-
-    tmp_buf_ptr = buf->tmp_buf + buf->tmp_buf_offset;
-    ret = mbedtls_base64_encode((unsigned char *) buf->event_buf, size, &b64_len,
-                                (unsigned char *) tmp_buf_ptr, written);
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        flb_errno();
-        return -1;
+    else {
+        /*
+         * compress event, truncating input if needed
+         * replace event buffer with compressed buffer
+         */
+        ret = flb_aws_compression_b64_truncate_compress(ctx->compression,
+                                                       MAX_B64_EVENT_SIZE,
+                                                       tmp_buf_ptr,
+                                                       written, &compressed_tmp_buf,
+                                                       &size); /* evaluate size */
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "Unable to compress record, discarding, "
+                                    "%s", written + 1, ctx->delivery_stream);
+            return 2;
+        }
+        flb_free(buf->event_buf);
+        buf->event_buf = compressed_tmp_buf;
+        compressed_tmp_buf = NULL;
+        written = size;
     }
-    written = b64_len;
 
     tmp_buf_ptr = buf->tmp_buf + buf->tmp_buf_offset;
     if ((buf->tmp_buf_size - buf->tmp_buf_offset) < written) {
diff --git a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.h b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.h
index 69e92d392c5..386aa80497c 100644
--- a/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.h
+++ b/plugins/out_kinesis_firehose/firehose_api.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define PUT_RECORD_BATCH_PAYLOAD_SIZE    4194304
 #define MAX_EVENTS_PER_PUT               500
 #define MAX_EVENT_SIZE                   1024000
+#define MAX_B64_EVENT_SIZE               1365336  /* ceil(1024000 / 3) * 4 */
 
 /* number of characters needed to 'start' a PutRecordBatch payload */
 #define PUT_RECORD_BATCH_HEADER_LEN      42