diff --git a/ydb/core/protos/config.proto b/ydb/core/protos/config.proto
index 36b5743a93ff..c3b151fae403 100644
--- a/ydb/core/protos/config.proto
+++ b/ydb/core/protos/config.proto
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ message TActorSystemConfig {
 
     enum EActorSystemProfile {
         DEFAULT = 1;
-        LOW_CPU_CONSUMPTION = 2;   
+        LOW_CPU_CONSUMPTION = 2;
         LOW_LATENCY = 3;
     }
 
@@ -1432,6 +1432,7 @@ message TColumnShardConfig {
     optional bool TTLEnabled = 6 [default = true];
     optional bool WritingEnabled = 7 [default = true];
     optional uint32 WritingBufferDurationMs = 8 [default = 0];
+    optional bool UseChunkedMergeOnCompaction = 9 [default = false];
 }
 
 message TSchemeShardConfig {
diff --git a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.cpp b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.cpp
index 6c3c9caed410..08e4fad95c66 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.cpp
@@ -16,28 +16,36 @@
 
 namespace NKikimr::NOlap::NCompaction {
 
-TConclusionStatus TGeneralCompactColumnEngineChanges::DoConstructBlobs(TConstructionContext& context) noexcept {
+void TGeneralCompactColumnEngineChanges::BuildAppendedPortionsByFullBatches(TConstructionContext& context) noexcept {
     std::vector<TPortionInfoWithBlobs> portions = TPortionInfoWithBlobs::RestorePortions(SwitchedPortions, Blobs);
     Blobs.clear();
-    i64 portionsSize = 0;
-    i64 portionsCount = 0;
-    i64 insertedPortionsSize = 0;
-    i64 compactedPortionsSize = 0;
-    i64 otherPortionsSize = 0;
-    for (auto&& i : SwitchedPortions) {
-        if (i.GetMeta().GetProduced() == TPortionMeta::EProduced::INSERTED) {
-            insertedPortionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
-        } else if (i.GetMeta().GetProduced() == TPortionMeta::EProduced::SPLIT_COMPACTED) {
-            compactedPortionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
-        } else {
-            otherPortionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<arrow::RecordBatch>> batchResults;
+    auto resultSchema = context.SchemaVersions.GetLastSchema();
+    {
+        auto resultDataSchema = resultSchema->GetIndexInfo().ArrowSchemaWithSpecials();
+        NIndexedReader::TMergePartialStream mergeStream(resultSchema->GetIndexInfo().GetReplaceKey(), resultDataSchema, false);
+        for (auto&& i : portions) {
+            auto dataSchema = context.SchemaVersions.GetSchema(i.GetPortionInfo().GetMinSnapshot());
+            auto batch = i.GetBatch(dataSchema, *resultSchema);
+            batch = resultSchema->NormalizeBatch(*dataSchema, batch);
+            Y_DEBUG_ABORT_UNLESS(NArrow::IsSortedAndUnique(batch, resultSchema->GetIndexInfo().GetReplaceKey()));
+            mergeStream.AddSource(batch, nullptr);
         }
-        portionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
-        ++portionsCount;
+        batchResults = mergeStream.DrainAllParts(CheckPoints, resultDataSchema->fields());
     }
-    NChanges::TGeneralCompactionCounters::OnPortionsKind(insertedPortionsSize, compactedPortionsSize, otherPortionsSize);
-    NChanges::TGeneralCompactionCounters::OnRepackPortions(portionsCount, portionsSize);
+    Y_ABORT_UNLESS(batchResults.size());
+    for (auto&& b : batchResults) {
+        auto portions = MakeAppendedPortions(b, GranuleMeta->GetPathId(), resultSchema->GetSnapshot(), GranuleMeta.get(), context);
+        Y_ABORT_UNLESS(portions.size());
+        for (auto& portion : portions) {
+            AppendedPortions.emplace_back(std::move(portion));
+        }
+    }
+}
 
+void TGeneralCompactColumnEngineChanges::BuildAppendedPortionsByChunks(TConstructionContext& context) noexcept {
+    std::vector<TPortionInfoWithBlobs> portions = TPortionInfoWithBlobs::RestorePortions(SwitchedPortions, Blobs);
+    Blobs.clear();
     static const TString portionIdFieldName = "$$__portion_id";
     static const TString portionRecordIndexFieldName = "$$__portion_record_idx";
     static const std::shared_ptr<arrow::Field> portionIdField = std::make_shared<arrow::Field>(portionIdFieldName, std::make_shared<arrow::UInt16Type>());
@@ -192,6 +200,34 @@ TConclusionStatus TGeneralCompactColumnEngineChanges::DoConstructBlobs(TConstruc
             recordIdx += slice.GetRecordsCount();
         }
     }
+}
+
+TConclusionStatus TGeneralCompactColumnEngineChanges::DoConstructBlobs(TConstructionContext& context) noexcept {
+    i64 portionsSize = 0;
+    i64 portionsCount = 0;
+    i64 insertedPortionsSize = 0;
+    i64 compactedPortionsSize = 0;
+    i64 otherPortionsSize = 0;
+    for (auto&& i : SwitchedPortions) {
+        if (i.GetMeta().GetProduced() == TPortionMeta::EProduced::INSERTED) {
+            insertedPortionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
+        } else if (i.GetMeta().GetProduced() == TPortionMeta::EProduced::SPLIT_COMPACTED) {
+            compactedPortionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
+        } else {
+            otherPortionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
+        }
+        portionsSize += i.GetBlobBytes();
+        ++portionsCount;
+    }
+    NChanges::TGeneralCompactionCounters::OnPortionsKind(insertedPortionsSize, compactedPortionsSize, otherPortionsSize);
+    NChanges::TGeneralCompactionCounters::OnRepackPortions(portionsCount, portionsSize);
+
+    if (AppDataVerified().ColumnShardConfig.GetUseChunkedMergeOnCompaction()) {
+        BuildAppendedPortionsByChunks(context);
+    } else {
+        BuildAppendedPortionsByFullBatches(context);
+    }
+
     if (IS_DEBUG_LOG_ENABLED(NKikimrServices::TX_COLUMNSHARD)) {
         TStringBuilder sbSwitched;
         sbSwitched << "";
diff --git a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.h b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.h
index e107aa185363..811eab38aa60 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.h
+++ b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/engines/changes/general_compaction.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class TGeneralCompactColumnEngineChanges: public TCompactColumnEngineChanges {
     using TBase = TCompactColumnEngineChanges;
     virtual void DoWriteIndexComplete(NColumnShard::TColumnShard& self, TWriteIndexCompleteContext& context) override;
     std::map<NIndexedReader::TSortableBatchPosition, bool> CheckPoints;
+    void BuildAppendedPortionsByFullBatches(TConstructionContext& context) noexcept;
+    void BuildAppendedPortionsByChunks(TConstructionContext& context) noexcept;
 protected:
     virtual TConclusionStatus DoConstructBlobs(TConstructionContext& context) noexcept override;
     virtual TPortionMeta::EProduced GetResultProducedClass() const override {