diff --git a/docs/api/options.rst b/docs/api/options.rst
index 3b3ee87..7b27d99 100644
--- a/docs/api/options.rst
+++ b/docs/api/options.rst
@@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ CompressionTypes
     .. py:attribute:: snappy_compression
     .. py:attribute:: zlib_compression
     .. py:attribute:: bzip2_compression
+    .. py:attribute:: lz4_compression
+    .. py:attribute:: lz4hc_compression
 
 BytewiseComparator
 ==================
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index be29e43..f31d6c4 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ New:
 * Add init options to :py:class:`rocksdb.BlockBasedTableFactory`
 * Add more option to :py:class:`rocksdb.PlainTableFactory`
 * Add :py:class:`rocksdb.WriteBatchIterator`
+* add :py:attr:`rocksdb.CompressionType.lz4_compression`
+* add :py:attr:`rocksdb.CompressionType.lz4hc_compression`
 
 
 Version 0.2
diff --git a/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx b/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx
index 9d7dedd..4ceb8cc 100644
--- a/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx
+++ b/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ cdef class CompressionType(object):
     snappy_compression = u'snappy_compression'
     zlib_compression = u'zlib_compression'
     bzip2_compression = u'bzip2_compression'
+    lz4_compression = u'lz4_compression'
+    lz4hc_compression = u'lz4hc_compression'
 
 cdef class Options(object):
     cdef options.Options* opts
@@ -787,6 +789,10 @@ cdef class Options(object):
                 return CompressionType.zlib_compression
             elif self.opts.compression == options.kBZip2Compression:
                 return CompressionType.bzip2_compression
+            elif self.opts.compression == options.kLZ4Compression:
+                return CompressionType.lz4_compression
+            elif self.opts.compression == options.kLZ4HCCompression:
+                return CompressionType.lz4hc_compression
             else:
                 raise Exception("Unknonw type: %s" % self.opts.compression)
 
@@ -799,6 +805,10 @@ cdef class Options(object):
                 self.opts.compression = options.kZlibCompression
             elif value == CompressionType.bzip2_compression:
                 self.opts.compression = options.kBZip2Compression
+            elif value == CompressionType.lz4_compression:
+                self.opts.compression = options.kLZ4Compression
+            elif value == CompressionType.lz4hc_compression:
+                self.opts.compression = options.kLZ4HCCompression
             else:
                 raise TypeError("Unknown compression: %s" % value)
 
diff --git a/rocksdb/options.pxd b/rocksdb/options.pxd
index ca4fd68..de8db40 100644
--- a/rocksdb/options.pxd
+++ b/rocksdb/options.pxd
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ cdef extern from "rocksdb/options.h" namespace "rocksdb":
         kSnappyCompression
         kZlibCompression
         kBZip2Compression
+        kLZ4Compression
+        kLZ4HCCompression
 
     ctypedef enum ReadTier:
         kReadAllTier