diff --git a/hosts/bicep/services/matrix/default.nix b/hosts/bicep/services/matrix/default.nix
index 190b3cb..a1b735e 100644
--- a/hosts/bicep/services/matrix/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/bicep/services/matrix/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 { config, ... }:
 {
   imports = [
-    ./synapse.nix
     ./synapse-admin.nix
+    ./synapse-auto-compressor.nix
+    ./synapse.nix
     ./element.nix
     ./coturn.nix
     ./livekit.nix
diff --git a/hosts/bicep/services/matrix/synapse-auto-compressor.nix b/hosts/bicep/services/matrix/synapse-auto-compressor.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f77092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/bicep/services/matrix/synapse-auto-compressor.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ config, lib, utils, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.synapse-auto-compressor;
+in
+{
+  services.synapse-auto-compressor = {
+    # enable = true;
+    postgresUrl = "postgresql://matrix-synapse@/synapse?host=/run/postgresql";
+  };
+
+  # NOTE: nixpkgs has some broken asserts, vendored the entire unit
+  systemd.services.synapse-auto-compressor = {
+    description = "synapse-auto-compressor";
+    requires = [
+      "postgresql.target"
+    ];
+    inherit (cfg) startAt;
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      DynamicUser = true;
+      User = "matrix-synapse";
+      PrivateTmp = true;
+      ExecStart = utils.escapeSystemdExecArgs [
+        "${cfg.package}/bin/synapse_auto_compressor"
+        "-p"
+        cfg.postgresUrl
+        "-c"
+        cfg.settings.chunk_size
+        "-n"
+        cfg.settings.chunks_to_compress
+        "-l"
+        (lib.concatStringsSep "," (map toString cfg.settings.levels))
+      ];
+      LockPersonality = true;
+      MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+      NoNewPrivileges = true;
+      PrivateDevices = true;
+      PrivateMounts = true;
+      PrivateUsers = true;
+      RemoveIPC = true;
+      RestrictNamespaces = true;
+      RestrictRealtime = true;
+      RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+      ProcSubset = "pid";
+      ProtectProc = "invisible";
+      ProtectSystem = "strict";
+      ProtectHome = true;
+      ProtectHostname = true;
+      ProtectClock = true;
+      ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+      ProtectKernelModules = true;
+      ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+      ProtectControlGroups = true;
+    };
+  };
+}