diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 3da8257..9bbeabd 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ loki_table_manager_config:
   retention_deletes_enabled: false
   retention_period: 0s
 
+loki_compactor_config:
+  working_directory: "{{ loki_storage_dir }}/compactor"
+  shared_store: filesystem
+  compaction_interval: 10m
+  retention_enabled: true
+  retention_delete_delay: 2h
+  retention_delete_worker_count: 50
+
 promtail_client_config:
   - url: "http://{{ loki_listen_address }}:{{ loki_listen_port }}/loki/api/v1/push"
 
diff --git a/templates/loki.yml.j2 b/templates/loki.yml.j2
index 5438373..605cc41 100644
--- a/templates/loki.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/loki.yml.j2
@@ -57,3 +57,8 @@ table_manager:
 runtime_config:
   {{ loki_runtime_config | to_nice_yaml(indent=2) | indent(2, False) }}
 {% endif %}
+
+{% if loki_runtime_config != [] %}
+compactor:
+  {{ loki_compactor_config | to_nice_yaml(indent=2) | indent(2, False) }}
+