diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index ca6d7488e34b11e5aade7f63537d8d0f6b53be55..de9632c69852851c8437a5abe7d21cf81ad7f72d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ static int record__write(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *map __maybe_unuse
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static size_t zstd_compress(struct perf_session *session, void *dst, size_t dst_size,
+			    void *src, size_t src_size);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_AIO_SUPPORT
 static int record__aio_write(struct aiocb *cblock, int trace_fd,
 		void *buf, size_t size, off_t off)
@@ -392,6 +395,11 @@ static int record__pushfn(struct perf_mmap *map, void *to, void *bf, size_t size
 {
 	struct record *rec = to;
 
+	if (record__comp_enabled(rec)) {
+		size = zstd_compress(rec->session, map->data, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map), bf, size);
+		bf   = map->data;
+	}
+
 	rec->samples++;
 	return record__write(rec, map, bf, size);
 }
@@ -778,6 +786,37 @@ static void record__adjust_affinity(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *map)
 	}
 }
 
+static size_t process_comp_header(void *record, size_t increment)
+{
+	struct compressed_event *event = record;
+	size_t size = sizeof(*event);
+
+	if (increment) {
+		event->header.size += increment;
+		return increment;
+	}
+
+	event->header.type = PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED;
+	event->header.size = size;
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+static size_t zstd_compress(struct perf_session *session, void *dst, size_t dst_size,
+			    void *src, size_t src_size)
+{
+	size_t compressed;
+	size_t max_record_size = PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE - sizeof(struct compressed_event) - 1;
+
+	compressed = zstd_compress_stream_to_records(&session->zstd_data, dst, dst_size, src, src_size,
+						     max_record_size, process_comp_header);
+
+	session->bytes_transferred += src_size;
+	session->bytes_compressed  += compressed;
+
+	return compressed;
+}
+
 static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				    bool overwrite, bool synch)
 {
@@ -1225,6 +1264,14 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 	fd = perf_data__fd(data);
 	rec->session = session;
 
+	if (zstd_init(&session->zstd_data, rec->opts.comp_level) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Compression initialization failed.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	session->header.env.comp_type  = PERF_COMP_ZSTD;
+	session->header.env.comp_level = rec->opts.comp_level;
+
 	record__init_features(rec);
 
 	if (rec->opts.use_clockid && rec->opts.clockid_res_ns)
@@ -1565,6 +1612,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 out_delete_session:
+	zstd_fini(&session->zstd_data);
 	perf_session__delete(session);
 
 	if (!opts->no_bpf_event)
@@ -2294,8 +2342,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (rec->opts.nr_cblocks > nr_cblocks_max)
 		rec->opts.nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks_max;
-	if (verbose > 0)
-		pr_info("nr_cblocks: %d\n", rec->opts.nr_cblocks);
+	pr_debug("nr_cblocks: %d\n", rec->opts.nr_cblocks);
 
 	pr_debug("affinity: %s\n", affinity_tags[rec->opts.affinity]);
 	pr_debug("mmap flush: %d\n", rec->opts.mmap_flush);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 0e14884f28b21e46aa8a624f4022579490d95424..6c984c895924fe6bba1351c80bbcdf575ff8b9cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "data.h"
 #include "ordered-events.h"
+#include "util/compress.h"
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ struct perf_session {
 	struct perf_tool	*tool;
 	u64			bytes_transferred;
 	u64			bytes_compressed;
+	struct zstd_data	zstd_data;
 };
 
 struct perf_tool;