diff --git a/cmd/influxd/launcher/cmd.go b/cmd/influxd/launcher/cmd.go
index 12b92b8a36e..3f2a523a9f7 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/launcher/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/launcher/cmd.go
@@ -539,6 +539,11 @@ func (o *InfluxdOpts) BindCliOpts() []cli.Opt {
 			Flag:  "storage-compact-full-write-cold-duration",
 			Desc:  "The duration at which the engine will compact all TSM files in a shard if it hasn't received a write or delete.",
 		},
+		{
+			DestP: &o.StorageConfig.Data.CompactThroughput,
+			Flag:  "storage-compact-throughput",
+			Desc:  "The rate limit in bytes per second that we will allow TSM compactions to write to disk. This option overwrites throughput-burst when throughput > throughput-burst",
+		},
 		{
 			DestP: &o.StorageConfig.Data.CompactThroughputBurst,
 			Flag:  "storage-compact-throughput-burst",
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/upgrade/config.go b/cmd/influxd/upgrade/config.go
index abedd66a7fa..88a117a36e1 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/upgrade/config.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/upgrade/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var passthroughConfigRules = map[string]string{
 	"data.cache-snapshot-memory-size":                      "storage-cache-snapshot-memory-size",
 	"data.cache-snapshot-write-cold-duration":              "storage-cache-snapshot-write-cold-duration",
 	"data.compact-full-write-cold-duration":                "storage-compact-full-write-cold-duration",
+	"data.compact-throughput":                              "storage-compact-throughput",
 	"data.compact-throughput-burst":                        "storage-compact-throughput-burst",
 	"data.max-concurrent-compactions":                      "storage-max-concurrent-compactions",
 	"data.max-index-log-file-size":                         "storage-max-index-log-file-size",