diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/thanos.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/thanos.nix
index 02502816ef5d..f9ec271c6ef5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/thanos.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/thanos.nix
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ let
         See <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4366#section-3.1>
       '';
 
+      grpc-compression = mkParam types.str ''
+        Compression algorithm to use for gRPC requests to other clients.
+      '';
+
       web.route-prefix = mkParam types.str ''
         Prefix for API and UI endpoints.
 
@@ -642,6 +646,10 @@ let
 
     receive = params.common cfg.receive // params.objstore cfg.receive // {
 
+      receive.grpc-compression = mkParam types.str ''
+        Compression algorithm to use for gRPC requests to other receivers.
+      '';
+
       remote-write.address = mkParamDef types.str "0.0.0.0:19291" ''
         Address to listen on for remote write requests.
       '';