diff --git a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.cpp b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.cpp
index 7381a85..387dcfe 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@
   if (force_sparse_encoding_) {
     table_flattener_options_.sparse_entries = SparseEntriesMode::Forced;
   }
+  table_flattener_options_.use_compact_entries = enable_compact_entries_;
   if (resources_config_path_) {
     if (!ExtractResourceConfig(*resources_config_path_, &context, table_flattener_options_)) {
       return 1;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.h b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.h
index 15fe11f..9452e58 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert.h
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
                       "This decreases APK size at the cost of resource retrieval performance.\n"
                       "Applies sparse encoding to all resources regardless of minSdk.",
                       &force_sparse_encoding_);
+    AddOptionalSwitch(
+        "--enable-compact-entries",
+        "This decreases APK size by using compact resource entries for simple data types.",
+        &enable_compact_entries_);
     AddOptionalSwitch("--keep-raw-values",
         android::base::StringPrintf("Preserve raw attribute values in xml files when using the"
             " '%s' output format", kOutputFormatBinary),
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@
   bool verbose_ = false;
   bool enable_sparse_encoding_ = false;
   bool force_sparse_encoding_ = false;
+  bool enable_compact_entries_ = false;
   std::optional<std::string> resources_config_path_;
 };