diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ae4017a5..dbf1a6f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ crc32c = "0.6"
 flate2 = { version = "1", optional = true }
 futures = "0.3"
 integer-encoding = "3"
+lz4 = { version = "1.23", optional = true }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 rand = "0.8"
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["v4"] }
 default = ["transport-tls"]
 
 compression-gzip = ["flate2"]
+compression-lz4 = ["lz4"]
 fuzzing = []
 transport-socks5 = ["async-socks5"]
 transport-tls = ["rustls", "tokio-rustls"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 568459d6..37006297 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ For more advanced production and consumption, see [`crate::client::producer`] an
 ## Features
 
 - **`compression-gzip`:** Support compression and decompression of messages using [gzip].
+- **`compression-lz4`:** Support compression and decompression of messages using [LZ4].
 - **`fuzzing`:** Exposes some internal data structures so that they can be used by our fuzzers. This is NOT a stable
   feature / API!
 - **`transport-socks5`:** Allow transport via SOCKS5 proxy.
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ e.g. by batching writes to multiple partitions in a single ProduceRequest
 [gzip]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip
 [IOx]: https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb_iox/
 [LLDB]: https://lldb.llvm.org/
+[LZ4]: https://lz4.github.io/lz4/
 [perf]: https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
 [Redpanda]: https://vectorized.io/redpanda
 [rustls]: https://github.com/rustls/rustls
diff --git a/src/client/partition.rs b/src/client/partition.rs
index 7dd2b773..316cff95 100644
--- a/src/client/partition.rs
+++ b/src/client/partition.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ pub enum Compression {
     NoCompression,
     #[cfg(feature = "compression-gzip")]
     Gzip,
+    #[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+    Lz4,
 }
 
 impl Default for Compression {
@@ -367,6 +369,8 @@ fn build_produce_request(
                 Compression::NoCompression => RecordBatchCompression::NoCompression,
                 #[cfg(feature = "compression-gzip")]
                 Compression::Gzip => RecordBatchCompression::Gzip,
+                #[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+                Compression::Lz4 => RecordBatchCompression::Lz4,
             },
             timestamp_type: RecordBatchTimestampType::CreateTime,
             producer_id: -1,
diff --git a/src/protocol/record.rs b/src/protocol/record.rs
index 16fb7641..357794cb 100644
--- a/src/protocol/record.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/record.rs
@@ -571,7 +571,26 @@ where
             #[cfg(feature = "compression-gzip")]
             RecordBatchCompression::Gzip => {
                 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
-                Self::read_records(&mut GzDecoder::new(reader), is_control, n_records)?
+                let mut decoder = GzDecoder::new(reader);
+                let records = Self::read_records(&mut decoder, is_control, n_records)?;
+
+                ensure_eof(&mut decoder, "Data left in gzip block")?;
+
+                records
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+            RecordBatchCompression::Lz4 => {
+                use lz4::Decoder;
+                let mut decoder = Decoder::new(reader)?;
+                let records = Self::read_records(&mut decoder, is_control, n_records)?;
+
+                // the lz4 decoder requires us to consume the whole inner stream until we reach EOF
+                ensure_eof(&mut decoder, "Data left in LZ4 block")?;
+
+                let (_reader, res) = decoder.finish();
+                res?;
+
+                records
             }
             #[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
             _ => {
@@ -709,10 +728,22 @@ where
             #[cfg(feature = "compression-gzip")]
             RecordBatchCompression::Gzip => {
                 use flate2::{write::GzEncoder, Compression};
-                Self::write_records(
-                    &mut GzEncoder::new(writer, Compression::default()),
-                    self.records,
-                )?;
+                let mut encoder = GzEncoder::new(writer, Compression::default());
+                Self::write_records(&mut encoder, self.records)?;
+                encoder.finish()?;
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+            RecordBatchCompression::Lz4 => {
+                use lz4::{liblz4::BlockMode, EncoderBuilder};
+                let mut encoder = EncoderBuilder::new()
+                    .block_mode(
+                        // the only one supported by Kafka
+                        BlockMode::Independent,
+                    )
+                    .build(writer)?;
+                Self::write_records(&mut encoder, self.records)?;
+                let (_writer, res) = encoder.finish();
+                res?;
             }
             #[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
             _ => {
@@ -726,6 +757,21 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Ensure that given reader is at EOF.
+#[allow(dead_code)] // only use by some features
+fn ensure_eof<R>(reader: &mut R, msg: &str) -> Result<(), ReadError>
+where
+    R: Read,
+{
+    let mut buf = [0u8; 1];
+    match reader.read(&mut buf) {
+        Ok(0) => Ok(()),
+        Ok(_) => Err(ReadError::Malformed(msg.to_string().into())),
+        Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => Ok(()),
+        Err(e) => Err(ReadError::IO(e)),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::io::Cursor;
@@ -869,4 +915,54 @@ mod tests {
         let actual2 = RecordBatch::read(&mut Cursor::new(data2)).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(actual2, expected);
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_decode_fixture_lz4() {
+        // This data was obtained by watching rdkafka.
+        let data = [
+            b"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x63\x00\x00\x00\x00".to_vec(),
+            b"\x02\x1b\xa5\x92\x35\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x7e\xb1".to_vec(),
+            b"\x1f\xc7\x24\x00\x00\x01\x7e\xb1\x1f\xc7\x24\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff".to_vec(),
+            b"\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x01\x04\x22\x4d".to_vec(),
+            b"\x18\x60\x40\x82\x23\x00\x00\x00\x8f\xfc\x01\x00\x00\x00\xc8\x01".to_vec(),
+            b"\x78\x01\x00\x50\xf0\x06\x16\x68\x65\x6c\x6c\x6f\x20\x6b\x61\x66".to_vec(),
+            b"\x6b\x61\x02\x06\x66\x6f\x6f\x06\x62\x61\x72\x00\x00\x00\x00".to_vec(),
+        ]
+        .concat();
+
+        let actual = RecordBatch::read(&mut Cursor::new(data)).unwrap();
+        let expected = RecordBatch {
+            base_offset: 0,
+            partition_leader_epoch: 0,
+            last_offset_delta: 0,
+            first_timestamp: 1643649156900,
+            max_timestamp: 1643649156900,
+            producer_id: -1,
+            producer_epoch: -1,
+            base_sequence: -1,
+            records: ControlBatchOrRecords::Records(vec![Record {
+                timestamp_delta: 0,
+                offset_delta: 0,
+                key: vec![b'x'; 100],
+                value: b"hello kafka".to_vec(),
+                headers: vec![RecordHeader {
+                    key: "foo".to_owned(),
+                    value: b"bar".to_vec(),
+                }],
+            }]),
+            compression: RecordBatchCompression::Lz4,
+            is_transactional: false,
+            timestamp_type: RecordBatchTimestampType::CreateTime,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+
+        let mut data2 = vec![];
+        actual.write(&mut data2).unwrap();
+
+        // don't compare if the data is equal because compression encoder might work slightly differently, use another
+        // roundtrip instead
+        let actual2 = RecordBatch::read(&mut Cursor::new(data2)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(actual2, expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/produce_consume.rs b/tests/produce_consume.rs
index c77463ef..19216b7c 100644
--- a/tests/produce_consume.rs
+++ b/tests/produce_consume.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,30 @@ async fn test_produce_rskafka_consume_rskafka_gzip() {
     assert_produce_consume(produce_rskafka, consume_rskafka, Compression::Gzip).await;
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_produce_rdkafka_consume_rdkafka_lz4() {
+    assert_produce_consume(produce_rdkafka, consume_rdkafka, Compression::Lz4).await;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_produce_rskafka_consume_rdkafka_lz4() {
+    assert_produce_consume(produce_rskafka, consume_rdkafka, Compression::Lz4).await;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_produce_rdkafka_consume_rskafka_lz4() {
+    assert_produce_consume(produce_rdkafka, consume_rskafka, Compression::Lz4).await;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_produce_rskafka_consume_rskafka_lz4() {
+    assert_produce_consume(produce_rskafka, consume_rskafka, Compression::Lz4).await;
+}
+
 async fn assert_produce_consume<F1, G1, F2, G2>(
     f_produce: F1,
     f_consume: F2,
diff --git a/tests/rdkafka_helper.rs b/tests/rdkafka_helper.rs
index 9e2f6e71..a7adce0e 100644
--- a/tests/rdkafka_helper.rs
+++ b/tests/rdkafka_helper.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ pub async fn produce(
         Compression::Gzip => {
             cfg.set("compression.codec", "gzip");
         }
+        #[cfg(feature = "compression-lz4")]
+        Compression::Lz4 => {
+            cfg.set("compression.codec", "lz4");
+        }
     }
     let client: FutureProducer<_> = cfg.create().unwrap();