diff --git a/db/c.cc b/db/c.cc
index ec4788844..219f65094 100644
--- a/db/c.cc
+++ b/db/c.cc
@@ -676,6 +676,12 @@ void rocksdb_options_destroy(rocksdb_options_t* options) {
   delete options;
 }
 
+void rocksdb_options_set_compaction_filter(
+    rocksdb_options_t* opt,
+    rocksdb_compactionfilter_t* filter) {
+  opt->rep.compaction_filter = filter;
+}
+
 void rocksdb_options_set_comparator(
     rocksdb_options_t* opt,
     rocksdb_comparator_t* cmp) {
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/c.h b/include/rocksdb/c.h
index 3a96bfbd1..c7d9f7782 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/c.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/c.h
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ extern const char* rocksdb_writebatch_data(rocksdb_writebatch_t*, size_t *size);
 
 extern rocksdb_options_t* rocksdb_options_create();
 extern void rocksdb_options_destroy(rocksdb_options_t*);
+extern void rocksdb_options_set_compaction_filter(
+    rocksdb_options_t*,
+    rocksdb_compactionfilter_t*);
 extern void rocksdb_options_set_comparator(
     rocksdb_options_t*,
     rocksdb_comparator_t*);