diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e00b30c1..bdd0ef4f6 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ set(
         ../clp/FileDescriptor.hpp
         ../clp/FileReader.cpp
         ../clp/FileReader.hpp
+        ../clp/FileWriter.cpp
+        ../clp/FileWriter.hpp
         ../clp/GrepCore.cpp
         ../clp/GrepCore.hpp
         ../clp/SchemaSearcher.cpp
@@ -98,7 +100,10 @@ set(
         ../clp/streaming_archive/ArchiveMetadata.hpp
         ../clp/streaming_archive/Constants.hpp
         ../clp/streaming_compression/Constants.hpp
+        ../clp/streaming_compression/Compressor.hpp
         ../clp/streaming_compression/Decompressor.hpp
+        ../clp/streaming_compression/zstd/Compressor.cpp
+        ../clp/streaming_compression/zstd/Compressor.hpp
         ../clp/streaming_compression/zstd/Decompressor.cpp
         ../clp/streaming_compression/zstd/Decompressor.hpp
         ../clp/StringReader.cpp
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.cpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.cpp
index e449acc97..1e27c6ed8 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ auto CommandLineArguments::parse_arguments(int argc, char const** argv)
         po::options_description conversion_options("Conversion options");
         std::string input_path_list_file_path;
         std::string auth{cNoAuth};
+        bool no_compress_converted_files{false == m_compress_converted_files};
         // clang-format off
         conversion_options.add_options()(
                 "inputs-from,f",
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ auto CommandLineArguments::parse_arguments(int argc, char const** argv)
                     ->value_name("LOG_EVENT_SIZE")
                     ->default_value(m_max_log_event_size),
                 "Maximum allowed size (B) for a single log event before conversion fails."
+        )(
+                "no-compress-converted-files",
+                po::bool_switch(&no_compress_converted_files),
+                "Disable compression on the converted KV-IR files."
         );
         // clang-format on
 
@@ -198,6 +203,8 @@ auto CommandLineArguments::parse_arguments(int argc, char const** argv)
         if (m_max_log_event_size <= 0) {
             throw std::invalid_argument("Max event size must be greater than zero.");
         }
+
+        m_compress_converted_files = false == no_compress_converted_files;
     } catch (std::exception& e) {
         SPDLOG_ERROR("{}", e.what());
         print_basic_usage();
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.hpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.hpp
index 8060716a3..90278f247 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CommandLineArguments.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ class CommandLineArguments {
 
     [[nodiscard]] auto get_max_log_event_size() const -> size_t { return m_max_log_event_size; }
 
+    [[nodiscard]] auto get_compress_converted_files() const -> bool {
+        return m_compress_converted_files;
+    }
+
 private:
     // Methods
     void print_basic_usage() const;
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ class CommandLineArguments {
     NetworkAuthOption m_network_auth{};
     std::string m_output_dir{"./"};
     size_t m_max_log_event_size{512ULL * 1024ULL * 1024ULL};  // 512 MiB
+    bool m_compress_converted_files{true};
 };
 }  // namespace clp_s::log_converter
 
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.cpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.cpp
index 52bea1fb6..c2602dcfa 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ auto LogConverter::create(size_t max_buffer_size) -> LogConverter {
 auto LogConverter::convert_file(
         clp_s::Path const& path,
         clp::ReaderInterface* reader,
-        std::string_view output_dir
+        std::string_view output_dir,
+        bool compress_converted_file
 ) -> ystdlib::error_handling::Result<void> {
     m_parser.reset();
 
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ auto LogConverter::convert_file(
     m_parser_offset = 0ULL;
     m_num_bytes_buffered = 0ULL;
 
-    auto serializer{YSTDLIB_ERROR_HANDLING_TRYX(LogSerializer::create(output_dir, path.path))};
+    auto serializer{YSTDLIB_ERROR_HANDLING_TRYX(
+            LogSerializer::create(output_dir, path.path, compress_converted_file)
+    )};
 
     bool reached_end_of_stream{false};
     while (false == reached_end_of_stream) {
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.hpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.hpp
index 509eece4f..c17f44349 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogConverter.hpp
@@ -30,15 +30,19 @@ class LogConverter {
      * @param path The input path for the unstructured text file.
      * @param reader A reader positioned at the start of the input stream.
      * @param output_dir The output directory for generated KV-IR files.
+     * @param compress_converted_file Whether the converted file should be compressed.
      * @return A void result on success, or an error code indicating the failure:
      * - std::errc::no_message if `log_surgeon::BufferParser::parse_next_event` returns an error.
      * - Forwards `LogSerializer::create()`'s return values.
      * - Forwards `refill_buffer()`'s return values.
      * - Forwards `LogSerializer::add_message()`'s return values.
      */
-    [[nodiscard]] auto
-    convert_file(clp_s::Path const& path, clp::ReaderInterface* reader, std::string_view output_dir)
-            -> ystdlib::error_handling::Result<void>;
+    [[nodiscard]] auto convert_file(
+            clp_s::Path const& path,
+            clp::ReaderInterface* reader,
+            std::string_view output_dir,
+            bool compress_converted_file
+    ) -> ystdlib::error_handling::Result<void>;
 
 private:
     // Constants
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.cpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.cpp
index 66ee49feb..e913fc4fa 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.cpp
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 #include <array>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <exception>
+#include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <system_error>
 #include <utility>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <boost/uuid/random_generator.hpp>
 #include <boost/uuid/uuid_io.hpp>
@@ -16,17 +18,23 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
 #include <ystdlib/error_handling/Result.hpp>
 
-#include "../../clp/ffi/ir_stream/Serializer.hpp"
-#include "../../clp/ir/types.hpp"
-#include "../FileWriter.hpp"
+#include <clp/ffi/ir_stream/Serializer.hpp>
+#include <clp/FileWriter.hpp>
+#include <clp/ir/constants.hpp>
+#include <clp/ir/types.hpp>
+#include <clp/streaming_compression/zstd/Compressor.hpp>
 
 namespace clp_s::log_converter {
 namespace {
 constexpr msgpack::object_map cEmptyMap{.size = 0U, .ptr = nullptr};
+constexpr std::string_view cUncompressedFileExtension{".clp"};
 }  // namespace
 
-auto LogSerializer::create(std::string_view output_dir, std::string_view original_file_path)
-        -> ystdlib::error_handling::Result<LogSerializer> {
+auto LogSerializer::create(
+        std::string_view output_dir,
+        std::string_view original_file_path,
+        bool compress_with_zstd
+) -> ystdlib::error_handling::Result<LogSerializer> {
     nlohmann::json metadata;
     metadata.emplace(cOriginalFileMetadataKey, original_file_path);
     auto serializer{YSTDLIB_ERROR_HANDLING_TRYX(
@@ -36,16 +44,34 @@ auto LogSerializer::create(std::string_view output_dir, std::string_view origina
     )};
 
     boost::uuids::random_generator uuid_generator;
-    std::string const file_name{boost::uuids::to_string(uuid_generator()) + ".clp"};
+    auto file_extension{
+            compress_with_zstd ? clp::ir::cIrFileExtension : cUncompressedFileExtension
+    };
+    std::string const file_name{
+            boost::uuids::to_string(uuid_generator()) + std::string{file_extension}
+    };
     auto const converted_path{std::filesystem::path{output_dir} / file_name};
-    clp_s::FileWriter writer;
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<clp::WriterInterface>> nested_writers;
     try {
-        writer.open(converted_path, clp_s::FileWriter::OpenMode::CreateForWriting);
+        auto writer{std::make_unique<clp::FileWriter>()};
+        writer->open(converted_path, clp::FileWriter::OpenMode::CREATE_FOR_WRITING);
+        nested_writers.emplace_back(std::move(writer));
     } catch (std::exception const&) {
         return std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory;
     }
 
-    return LogSerializer{std::move(serializer), std::move(writer)};
+    if (false == compress_with_zstd) {
+        return LogSerializer{std::move(serializer), std::move(nested_writers)};
+    }
+
+    try {
+        auto compressor{std::make_unique<clp::streaming_compression::zstd::Compressor>()};
+        compressor->open(*nested_writers.back().get());
+        nested_writers.emplace_back(std::move(compressor));
+    } catch (std::exception const&) {
+        return std::errc::protocol_error;
+    }
+    return LogSerializer{std::move(serializer), std::move(nested_writers)};
 }
 
 auto LogSerializer::add_message(std::string_view timestamp, std::string_view message)
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.hpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.hpp
index 17212beb3..82fa13fb8 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/LogSerializer.hpp
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 #define CLP_S_LOG_CONVERTER_LOGSERIALIZER_HPP
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <memory>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <ystdlib/error_handling/Result.hpp>
 
-#include "../../clp/ffi/ir_stream/protocol_constants.hpp"
-#include "../../clp/ffi/ir_stream/Serializer.hpp"
-#include "../../clp/ir/types.hpp"
-#include "../../clp/type_utils.hpp"
-#include "../FileWriter.hpp"
+#include <clp/ffi/ir_stream/protocol_constants.hpp>
+#include <clp/ffi/ir_stream/Serializer.hpp>
+#include <clp/FileWriter.hpp>
+#include <clp/ir/types.hpp>
+#include <clp/streaming_compression/Compressor.hpp>
+#include <clp/type_utils.hpp>
+#include <clp/WriterInterface.hpp>
 
 namespace clp_s::log_converter {
 /**
@@ -24,14 +28,18 @@ class LogSerializer {
      * Creates an instance of `LogSerializer`.
      * @param output_dir The destination directory for generated KV-IR.
      * @param original_file_path The original path for the file being converted to KV-IR.
+     * @param compress_with_zstd Whether the output KV-IR should be zstd-compressed.
      * @return A result containing a `LogSerializer` on success, or an error code indicating the
      * failure:
-     * - std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory if a `clp_s::FileWriter` fails to open an output file.
+     * - std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory if a `clp::FileWriter` fails to open an output file.
+     * - std::errc::protocol_error if a `clp::zstd::Compressor` fails to open a compression stream.
      * - Forwards `clp::ffi::ir_stream::Serializer<>::create()`'s return values.
      */
-    [[nodiscard]] static auto
-    create(std::string_view output_dir, std::string_view original_file_path)
-            -> ystdlib::error_handling::Result<LogSerializer>;
+    [[nodiscard]] static auto create(
+            std::string_view output_dir,
+            std::string_view original_file_path,
+            bool compress_with_zstd
+    ) -> ystdlib::error_handling::Result<LogSerializer>;
 
     // Constructors
     // Delete copy constructor and assignment operator
@@ -74,8 +82,18 @@ class LogSerializer {
      */
     void close() {
         flush_buffer();
-        m_writer.write_numeric_value(clp::ffi::ir_stream::cProtocol::Eof);
-        m_writer.close();
+        m_nested_writers.back()->write_numeric_value(clp::ffi::ir_stream::cProtocol::Eof);
+        for (auto it{m_nested_writers.rbegin()}; it != m_nested_writers.rend(); ++it) {
+            if (auto compressor{dynamic_cast<clp::streaming_compression::Compressor*>(it->get())};
+                nullptr != compressor)
+            {
+                compressor->close();
+            } else if (auto file_writer{dynamic_cast<clp::FileWriter*>(it->get())};
+                       nullptr != file_writer)
+            {
+                file_writer->close();
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 private:
@@ -88,10 +106,10 @@ class LogSerializer {
     // Constructors
     explicit LogSerializer(
             clp::ffi::ir_stream::Serializer<clp::ir::eight_byte_encoded_variable_t>&& serializer,
-            clp_s::FileWriter&& writer
+            std::vector<std::unique_ptr<clp::WriterInterface>>&& nested_writers
     )
             : m_serializer{std::move(serializer)},
-              m_writer{std::move(writer)} {}
+              m_nested_writers{std::move(nested_writers)} {}
 
     // Methods
     /**
@@ -99,7 +117,7 @@ class LogSerializer {
      */
     void flush_buffer() {
         auto const buffer{m_serializer.get_ir_buf_view()};
-        m_writer.write(
+        m_nested_writers.back()->write(
                 clp::size_checked_pointer_cast<char const>(buffer.data()),
                 buffer.size_bytes()
         );
@@ -107,7 +125,11 @@ class LogSerializer {
     }
 
     clp::ffi::ir_stream::Serializer<clp::ir::eight_byte_encoded_variable_t> m_serializer;
-    clp_s::FileWriter m_writer;
+    // Nested writers are ordered from closest to furthest from output sink. Typically, this will
+    // look like `FileWriter` <- `Compressor`.
+    // NOTE: This class depends on there being at least one writer in `m_nested_writers` at all
+    // times.
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<clp::WriterInterface>> m_nested_writers;
 };
 }  // namespace clp_s::log_converter
 
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/log_converter.cpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/log_converter.cpp
index fe2f26fbc..f8f3af5b9 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/log_converter.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/log_converter.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ auto convert_files(CommandLineArguments const& command_line_arguments) -> bool {
         auto const convert_result{log_converter.convert_file(
                 path,
                 nested_readers.back().get(),
-                command_line_arguments.get_output_dir()
+                command_line_arguments.get_output_dir(),
+                command_line_arguments.get_compress_converted_files()
         )};
         if (convert_result.has_error()) {
             auto const& error{convert_result.error()};