diff --git a/zebra-state/src/service/finalized_state/disk_db.rs b/zebra-state/src/service/finalized_state/disk_db.rs
index d3bfc44f6..9a4485808 100644
--- a/zebra-state/src/service/finalized_state/disk_db.rs
+++ b/zebra-state/src/service/finalized_state/disk_db.rs
@@ -459,11 +459,18 @@ impl DiskDb {
         opts.create_missing_column_families(true);
 
         // Use the recommended Ribbon filter setting for all column families.
-        // (Ribbon filters are faster than Bloom filters in Zebra, as of April 2022.)
         //
+        // Ribbon filters are faster than Bloom filters in Zebra, as of April 2022.
         // (They aren't needed for single-valued column families, but they don't hurt either.)
         block_based_opts.set_ribbon_filter(9.9);
 
+        // Use the recommended LZ4 compression type.
+        //
+        // https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Compression#configuration
+        opts.set_compression_type(rocksdb::DBCompressionType::Lz4);
+
+        // Increase the process open file limit if needed,
+        // then use it to set RocksDB's limit.
         let open_file_limit = DiskDb::increase_open_file_limit();
         let db_file_limit = DiskDb::get_db_open_file_limit(open_file_limit);