diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/GarbageCollectorThread.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/GarbageCollectorThread.java
index 552592f624f..ca8f2bcda1a 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/GarbageCollectorThread.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/GarbageCollectorThread.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultThreadFactory;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ public class GarbageCollectorThread implements Runnable {
 
     private static final AtomicLong threadNum = new AtomicLong(0);
     final AbstractLogCompactor.Throttler throttler;
+    private final RateLimiter compactionReadByteRateLimiter;
 
     /**
      * Create a garbage collector thread.
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ public void removeEntryLog(long logToRemove) {
                + majorCompactionThreshold + ", interval=" + majorCompactionInterval);
 
         lastMinorCompactionTime = lastMajorCompactionTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        compactionReadByteRateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(conf.getCompactionReadRateByBytes());
     }
 
     private EntryLogMetadataMap createEntryLogMetadataMap() throws IOException {
@@ -619,9 +622,10 @@ void doCompactEntryLogs(double threshold, long maxTimeMillis) throws EntryLogMet
                                 meta.getEntryLogId(), meta.getUsage(), threshold);
                     }
 
-                    long priorRemainingSize = meta.getRemainingSize();
+                    long compactSize = meta.getTotalSize() - meta.getRemainingSize();
+                    compactionReadByteRateLimiter.acquire((int) (compactSize));
                     compactEntryLog(meta);
-                    gcStats.getReclaimedSpaceViaCompaction().addCount(meta.getTotalSize() - priorRemainingSize);
+                    gcStats.getReclaimedSpaceViaCompaction().addCount(compactSize);
                     compactedBuckets[bucketIndex]++;
                 });
             }
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
index 3b586108481..628bab5ed67 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public class ServerConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration<ServerConfigurati
     protected static final String COMPACTION_RATE = "compactionRate";
     protected static final String COMPACTION_RATE_BY_ENTRIES = "compactionRateByEntries";
     protected static final String COMPACTION_RATE_BY_BYTES = "compactionRateByBytes";
+    protected static final String COMPACTION_READ_RATE_BY_BYTES = "compactionReadRateByBytes";
 
     // Gc Parameters
     protected static final String GC_WAIT_TIME = "gcWaitTime";
@@ -2965,6 +2966,27 @@ public ServerConfiguration setCompactionRateByBytes(int rate) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the read rate of compaction.
+     *
+     * @param rate read rate of compaction (read bytes per second)
+     *
+     * @return ServerConfiguration
+     */
+    public ServerConfiguration setCompactionReadRateByBytes(int rate) {
+        setProperty(COMPACTION_READ_RATE_BY_BYTES, rate);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the read rate of compaction. Default is Integer.MAX_VALUE.
+     *
+     * @return read rate of compaction (read bytes per second)
+     */
+    public int getCompactionReadRateByBytes() {
+        return getInt(COMPACTION_READ_RATE_BY_BYTES, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Should we remove pages from page cache after force write.
      *
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/CompactionTest.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/CompactionTest.java
index e8982bf0e46..05328a08459 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/CompactionTest.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/CompactionTest.java
@@ -1396,6 +1396,7 @@ public void testCancelledCompactionWhenShuttingDown() throws Exception {
         restartBookies(c -> {
             c.setIsThrottleByBytes(true);
             c.setCompactionRateByBytes(ENTRY_SIZE / 1000);
+            c.setCompactionReadRateByBytes(ENTRY_SIZE / 1000);
             c.setMinorCompactionThreshold(0.2f);
             c.setMajorCompactionThreshold(0.5f);
             return c;
diff --git a/conf/bk_server.conf b/conf/bk_server.conf
index 18c553fba02..2ff9a1d0342 100755
--- a/conf/bk_server.conf
+++ b/conf/bk_server.conf
@@ -581,6 +581,9 @@ ledgerDirectories=/tmp/bk-data
 # Set the rate at which compaction will readd entries. The unit is bytes added per second.
 # compactionRateByBytes=1000000
 
+# Set the rate at which compaction will read entries. The unit is bytes read per second.
+# compactionReadRateByBytes=1000000
+
 # Flag to enable/disable transactional compaction. If it is set to true, it will use transactional compaction,
 # which it will use new entry log files to store compacted entries during compaction; if it is set to false,
 # it will use normal compaction, which it shares same entry log file with normal add operations.
diff --git a/site3/website/docs/reference/config.md b/site3/website/docs/reference/config.md
index 11953b80b3f..07cb2ac8e17 100644
--- a/site3/website/docs/reference/config.md
+++ b/site3/website/docs/reference/config.md
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ The table below lists parameters that you can set to configure bookies. All conf
 | isThrottleByBytes | Throttle compaction by bytes or by entries. | false | 
 | compactionRateByEntries | Set the rate at which compaction will read entries. The unit is adds per second. | 1000 | 
 | compactionRateByBytes | Set the rate at which compaction will read entries. The unit is bytes added per second. | 1000000 | 
+| compactionReadRateByBytes | Set the rate at which compaction will read entries. The unit is bytes read per second. | 1000000 |
 | useTransactionalCompaction | Flag to enable/disable transactional compaction. If it is set to true, it will use transactional compaction, which uses<br />new entry log files to store entries after compaction; otherwise, it will use normal compaction, which shares same entry<br />log file with normal add operations.<br /> | false |