diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index b245d3264e..d09f54fb7d 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -6211,6 +6211,8 @@ define dump-dynamic-partitions-info
     echo "virtual_ab_retrofit=true" >> $(1))
   $(if $(PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COW_VERSION), \
     echo "virtual_ab_cow_version=$(PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COW_VERSION)" >> $(1))
+  $(if $(PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION_FACTOR), \
+    echo "virtual_ab_compression_factor=$(PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION_FACTOR)" >> $(1))
 endef
 
 # Copy an image file to a directory and generate a block list map file from the image,
diff --git a/core/product.mk b/core/product.mk
index 9752f326db..23b5d0a017 100644
--- a/core/product.mk
+++ b/core/product.mk
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_ENABLE_UFFD_GC
 # specified we default to COW version 2 in update_engine for backwards compatibility
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COW_VERSION
 
+# Specifies maximum bytes to be compressed at once during ota. Options: 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144.
+_product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION_FACTOR
+
 # If set, determines whether the build system checks vendor seapp contexts violations.
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_CHECK_VENDOR_SEAPP_VIOLATIONS
 
diff --git a/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/vabc_features.mk b/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/vabc_features.mk
index 874eb9cd83..3f484e4f3e 100644
--- a/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/vabc_features.mk
+++ b/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/vabc_features.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ PRODUCT_VENDOR_PROPERTIES += ro.virtual_ab.batch_writes=true
 # Enabling this property, will improve OTA install time
 # but will use an additional CPU core
 # PRODUCT_VENDOR_PROPERTIES += ro.virtual_ab.compression.threads=true
+ifndef PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION_FACTOR
+    PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION_FACTOR := 65536
+endif
 
 PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION := true
 PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION_METHOD ?= none