diff --git a/unit_tests/test_cassandra_stress_thread.py b/unit_tests/test_cassandra_stress_thread.py
index 6b8edca922..b66e05e226 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_cassandra_stress_thread.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_cassandra_stress_thread.py
@@ -141,3 +141,33 @@ def cleanup_thread():
 
     assert "latency 99th percentile" in output[0]
     assert float(output[0]["latency 99th percentile"]) > 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("compressor, cql_compression", [
+    ("Deflate", "none"), ("LZ4", "lz4"), ("Snappy", "snappy"), ("Zstd", "none")
+])
+def test_05_cassandra_stress_compression(request, docker_scylla, params, compressor, cql_compression):
+    loader_set = LocalLoaderSetDummy(params=params)
+
+    cmd = (
+        "cassandra-stress write cl=ONE duration=5s -schema 'replication(strategy=NetworkTopologyStrategy,replication_factor=1) "
+        f"compression={compressor}Compressor' -mode cql3 native compression={cql_compression.lower()} -rate threads=1"
+    )
+
+    cs_thread = CassandraStressThread(
+        loader_set, cmd, node_list=[docker_scylla], timeout=120, params=params
+    )
+
+    def cleanup_thread():
+        cs_thread.kill()
+
+    request.addfinalizer(cleanup_thread)
+
+    cs_thread.run()
+
+    output = cs_thread.get_results()
+    assert "latency mean" in output[0]
+    assert float(output[0]["latency mean"]) > 0
+
+    assert "latency 99th percentile" in output[0]
+    assert float(output[0]["latency 99th percentile"]) > 0