diff --git a/src/common/src/tglobal.c b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
index a75e712f387cd684486147449adcdfe357a54d67..2630e3c468bd43a4c23b2f391e8e25254cbe8672 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ static void doInitGlobalConfig(void) {
   cfg.ptr = &tsLogKeepDays;
   cfg.valType = TAOS_CFG_VTYPE_INT32;
   cfg.cfgType = TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_LOG | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CLIENT;
-  cfg.minValue = 0;
+  cfg.minValue = -365000;
   cfg.maxValue = 365000;
   cfg.ptrLength = 0;
   cfg.unitType = TAOS_CFG_UTYPE_NONE;
diff --git a/src/os/inc/osDir.h b/src/os/inc/osDir.h
index 17683743e3ee7ed11350c02e504cce9f379b73d9..4a522dadb590bdeebe130850ad4bd73cfc37bb8d 100644
--- a/src/os/inc/osDir.h
+++ b/src/os/inc/osDir.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ void taosRemoveDir(char *rootDir);
 int  taosMkDir(const char *pathname, mode_t mode); 
 void taosRename(char* oldName, char *newName);
 void taosRemoveOldLogFiles(char *rootDir, int32_t keepDays);
+int32_t taosCompressFile(char *srcFileName, char *destFileName);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/os/src/detail/CMakeLists.txt b/src/os/src/detail/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f710e3ddffbe9342857cc3e92348f70c586f86e..afb89354536f03d4a467fa16e20a7fe25794ade2 100644
--- a/src/os/src/detail/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/os/src/detail/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
 PROJECT(TDengine)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(.)
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${TD_COMMUNITY_DIR}/deps/zlib-1.2.11/inc)
 AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(. SRC)
 SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(osSysinfo.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -w)
 SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(osCoredump.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -w)
diff --git a/src/os/src/detail/osDir.c b/src/os/src/detail/osDir.c
index 93651c78ef98cfbcb8bbdbb575b3fb952acab229..bdb840ce010e63fcd48389b9db4294e2d58e6b36 100644
--- a/src/os/src/detail/osDir.c
+++ b/src/os/src/detail/osDir.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include "os.h"
 #include "tglobal.h"
 #include "tulog.h"
+#include "zlib.h"
+
+#define COMPRESS_STEP_SIZE 163840
 
 void taosRemoveDir(char *rootDir) {
   DIR *dir = opendir(rootDir);
@@ -73,11 +76,11 @@ void taosRemoveOldLogFiles(char *rootDir, int32_t keepDays) {
     if (de->d_type & DT_DIR) {
       continue;
     } else {
-      // struct stat fState;
-      // if (stat(fname, &fState) < 0) {
-      //   continue;
-      // }
       int32_t len = (int32_t)strlen(filename);
+      if (len > 3 && strcmp(filename + len - 3, ".gz") == 0) {
+        len -= 3;
+      }
+
       int64_t fileSec = 0;
       for (int i = len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         if (filename[i] == '.') {
@@ -100,3 +103,45 @@ void taosRemoveOldLogFiles(char *rootDir, int32_t keepDays) {
   closedir(dir);
   rmdir(rootDir);
 }
+
+int32_t taosCompressFile(char *srcFileName, char *destFileName) {
+  int32_t ret = 0;
+  int32_t len = 0;
+  char *  data = malloc(COMPRESS_STEP_SIZE);
+  FILE *  srcFp = NULL;
+  gzFile  dstFp = NULL;
+
+  srcFp = fopen(srcFileName, "r");
+  if (srcFp == NULL) {
+    ret = -1;
+    goto cmp_end;
+  }
+
+  int32_t fd = open(destFileName, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    ret = -2;
+    goto cmp_end;
+  }
+
+  dstFp = gzdopen(fd, "wb6f");
+  if (dstFp == NULL) {
+    ret = -3;
+    goto cmp_end;
+  }
+
+  while (!feof(srcFp)) {
+    len = (uLong)fread(data, 1, COMPRESS_STEP_SIZE, srcFp);
+    gzwrite(dstFp, data, len);
+  }
+
+cmp_end:
+  if (srcFp) {
+    fclose(srcFp);
+  }
+  if (dstFp) {
+    gzclose(dstFp);
+  }
+  free(data);
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
index e63a085cc8d9e81d68e770df64f6c0d6c43e1807..89c8e3dc39211eca1b6c877f7789ad4313917ea2 100644
--- a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PROJECT(TDengine)
 
 AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(src SRC)
 ADD_LIBRARY(tutil ${SRC})
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tutil pthread osdetail lz4)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tutil pthread osdetail lz4 z)
   
 IF (TD_LINUX)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tutil m rt)
diff --git a/src/util/src/tlog.c b/src/util/src/tlog.c
index e5afe1b68e789e4c5500aad21ea3f074302bc36f..09b0933fd6e32e9b65c8c7acbb81fbfe7d5c005b 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tlog.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tlog.c
@@ -139,14 +139,22 @@ static void taosUnLockFile(int32_t fd) {
 }
 
 static void taosKeepOldLog(char *oldName) {
-  if (tsLogKeepDays <= 0) return;
+  if (tsLogKeepDays == 0) return;
 
   int64_t fileSec = taosGetTimestampSec();
   char    fileName[LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20];
   snprintf(fileName, LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20, "%s.%" PRId64, tsLogObj.logName, fileSec);
 
   taosRename(oldName, fileName);
-  taosRemoveOldLogFiles(tsLogDir, tsLogKeepDays);
+  if (tsLogKeepDays < 0) {
+    char compressFileName[LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20];
+    snprintf(compressFileName, LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20, "%s.%" PRId64 ".gz", tsLogObj.logName, fileSec);
+    if (taosCompressFile(fileName, compressFileName) == 0) {
+      (void)remove(fileName);
+    }
+  }
+
+  taosRemoveOldLogFiles(tsLogDir, ABS(tsLogKeepDays));
 }
 
 static void *taosThreadToOpenNewFile(void *param) {