diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
index d715ebf3..d0d0bd59 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
@@ -30,14 +30,38 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::rotating_file_sink(
     , max_size_(max_size)
     , max_files_(max_files)
 {
-    file_helper_.open(calc_filename(base_filename_, 0));
-    current_size_ = file_helper_.size(); // expensive. called only once
+    init();
+    if (rotate_on_open && current_size_ > 0)
+    {
+        rotate_();
+    }
+}
+
+template<typename Mutex>
+SPDLOG_INLINE rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::rotating_file_sink(
+    filename_t base_filename, std::size_t max_size, std::size_t max_files,
+    filename_t compress_extension, std::function<void(filename_t)> compress_callback, bool rotate_on_open)
+    : base_filename_(std::move(base_filename))
+    , max_size_(max_size)
+    , max_files_(max_files)
+    , compress_extension_(std::move(compress_extension))
+    , compress_callback_(std::move(compress_callback))
+{
+    init();
     if (rotate_on_open && current_size_ > 0)
     {
         rotate_();
+        call_compressor_callback();
     }
 }
 
+template<typename Mutex>
+SPDLOG_INLINE void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::init()
+{
+    file_helper_.open(calc_filename(base_filename_, 0));
+    current_size_ = file_helper_.size(); // expensive. called only once
+}
+
 // calc filename according to index and file extension if exists.
 // e.g. calc_filename("logs/mylog.txt, 3) => "logs/mylog.3.txt".
 template<typename Mutex>
@@ -66,12 +90,18 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::sink_it_(const details::log_msg &m
     memory_buf_t formatted;
     base_sink<Mutex>::formatter_->format(msg, formatted);
     current_size_ += formatted.size();
-    if (current_size_ > max_size_)
+    const bool needRotation = (current_size_ > max_size_);
+    if (needRotation)
     {
         rotate_();
         current_size_ = formatted.size();
     }
     file_helper_.write(formatted);
+
+    if (needRotation)
+    {
+        call_compressor_callback();
+    }
 }
 
 template<typename Mutex>
@@ -94,11 +124,19 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::rotate_()
     for (auto i = max_files_; i > 0; --i)
     {
         filename_t src = calc_filename(base_filename_, i - 1);
+        filename_t target = calc_filename(base_filename_, i);
         if (!path_exists(src))
         {
-            continue;
+            src.append(compress_extension_);
+            if (!path_exists(src))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                target.append(compress_extension_);
+            }
         }
-        filename_t target = calc_filename(base_filename_, i);
 
         if (!rename_file_(src, target))
         {
@@ -127,5 +165,24 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE bool rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::rename_file_(const filename_t &src
     return details::os::rename(src_filename, target_filename) == 0;
 }
 
+template<typename Mutex>
+SPDLOG_INLINE void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::call_compressor_callback()
+{
+    if (!compress_callback_)
+        return;
+
+    using details::os::path_exists;
+    if (max_files_ > 0)
+    {
+        // target is log.1.txt
+        filename_t target = calc_filename(base_filename_, 1);
+        if (path_exists(target))
+        {
+            // this file has to be compressed
+            compress_callback_(target);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace sinks
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
index e1e85a7d..bdcde4f8 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
+#include <functional>
 
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace sinks {
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ class rotating_file_sink final : public base_sink<Mutex>
 {
 public:
     rotating_file_sink(filename_t base_filename, std::size_t max_size, std::size_t max_files, bool rotate_on_open = false);
+    rotating_file_sink(filename_t base_filename, std::size_t max_size, std::size_t max_files,
+        filename_t compress_extension, std::function<void(filename_t)> compress_callback, bool rotate_on_open = false);
     static filename_t calc_filename(const filename_t &filename, std::size_t index);
     filename_t filename();
 
@@ -42,11 +45,19 @@ private:
     // return true on success, false otherwise.
     bool rename_file_(const filename_t &src_filename, const filename_t &target_filename);
 
+    // runs given compress_
+    void call_compressor_callback();
+
+    // Common init called from constructor
+    void init();
+
     filename_t base_filename_;
     std::size_t max_size_;
     std::size_t max_files_;
     std::size_t current_size_;
     details::file_helper file_helper_;
+    filename_t compress_extension_;
+    std::function<void(filename_t)> compress_callback_;
 };
 
 using rotating_file_sink_mt = rotating_file_sink<std::mutex>;
@@ -65,12 +76,30 @@ inline std::shared_ptr<logger> rotating_logger_mt(
     return Factory::template create<sinks::rotating_file_sink_mt>(logger_name, filename, max_file_size, max_files, rotate_on_open);
 }
 
+template<typename Factory = spdlog::synchronous_factory>
+inline std::shared_ptr<logger> rotating_logger_mt(
+    const std::string &logger_name, const filename_t &filename, size_t max_file_size, size_t max_files,
+    const filename_t &compress_extension, std::function<void(filename_t)> compress_callback, bool rotate_on_open = false)
+{
+    return Factory::template create<sinks::rotating_file_sink_mt>(logger_name, filename, max_file_size, max_files,
+        compress_extension, std::move(compress_callback), rotate_on_open);
+}
+
 template<typename Factory = spdlog::synchronous_factory>
 inline std::shared_ptr<logger> rotating_logger_st(
     const std::string &logger_name, const filename_t &filename, size_t max_file_size, size_t max_files, bool rotate_on_open = false)
 {
     return Factory::template create<sinks::rotating_file_sink_st>(logger_name, filename, max_file_size, max_files, rotate_on_open);
 }
+
+template<typename Factory = spdlog::synchronous_factory>
+inline std::shared_ptr<logger> rotating_logger_st(
+    const std::string &logger_name, const filename_t &filename, size_t max_file_size, size_t max_files,
+    const filename_t &compress_extension, std::function<void(filename_t)> compress_callback, bool rotate_on_open = false)
+{
+    return Factory::template create<sinks::rotating_file_sink_st>(logger_name, filename, max_file_size, max_files,
+        compress_extension, std::move(compress_callback), rotate_on_open);
+}
 } // namespace spdlog
 
 #ifdef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
diff --git a/tests/test_file_logging.cpp b/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
index 394b4bb2..4a39a40e 100644
--- a/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
@@ -96,3 +96,58 @@ TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger2", "[rotating_logger]]")
     auto filename1 = basename + ".1";
     REQUIRE(get_filesize(filename1) <= max_size);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger_compress_callback", "[rotating_logger]]")
+{
+    prepare_logdir();
+    size_t max_size = 1024 * 10;
+    std::string basename = "test_logs/rotating_log";
+    std::string ext = ".txt";
+    std::string logfilename = basename + ext;
+    std::string compress_ext = ".gz";
+
+    auto callback = [=](spdlog::filename_t filename){
+        // Here could be gzip filename which will rename it to filename.gz
+        rename(filename.c_str(), std::string(filename + compress_ext).c_str());
+    };
+
+    {
+        // make an initial logger to create the first output file
+        auto logger = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("logger", logfilename, max_size, 2,
+            compress_ext, callback, true);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
+        {
+            logger->info("Test message {}", i);
+        }
+        // drop causes the logger destructor to be called, which is required so the
+        // next logger can rename the first output file.
+        spdlog::drop(logger->name());
+    }
+
+    auto logger = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("logger", logfilename, max_size, 2,
+        compress_ext, callback, true);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
+    {
+        logger->info("Test message {}", i);
+    }
+
+    logger->flush();
+
+    require_message_count(logfilename, 10);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 1024; i++)
+    {
+        logger->info("Test message {}", i);
+    }
+
+    logger->flush();
+    REQUIRE(get_filesize(logfilename) <= max_size);
+
+    // test_logs/rotating_log.1.txt.gz
+    auto filename1 = basename + ".1" + ext + compress_ext;
+    REQUIRE(get_filesize(filename1) <= max_size);
+
+    // test_logs/rotating_log.2.txt.gz
+    auto filename2 = basename + ".2" + ext + compress_ext;
+    REQUIRE(get_filesize(filename2) <= max_size);
+}