diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
index 3a81f63..c9a4dee 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@
     kCowCompressLz4 = 3,
     kCowCompressZstd = 4,
 };
+struct CowCompression {
+    CowCompressionAlgorithm algorithm = kCowCompressNone;
+    uint32_t compression_level = 0;
+};
 
 static constexpr uint8_t kCowReadAheadNotStarted = 0;
 static constexpr uint8_t kCowReadAheadInProgress = 1;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
index 31b9a58..ab275d4 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
@@ -472,9 +472,10 @@
     if (strcmp(GetParam(), "none") == 0) {
         GTEST_SKIP();
     }
-
+    CowCompression compression;
     auto algorithm = CompressionAlgorithmFromString(GetParam());
     ASSERT_TRUE(algorithm.has_value());
+    compression.algorithm = algorithm.value();
 
     std::string expected = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
     expected.resize(4096, '\0');
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
index c549969..cbd7569 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         LOG(ERROR) << "unrecognized compression: " << options_.compression;
         return false;
     }
-    compression_ = *algorithm;
+    compression_.algorithm = *algorithm;
 
     if (options_.cluster_ops == 1) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Clusters must contain at least two operations to function.";
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
         return;
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < num_compress_threads_; i++) {
-        auto wt = std::make_unique<CompressWorker>(compression_, header_.block_size);
+        auto wt = std::make_unique<CompressWorker>(compression_.algorithm, header_.block_size);
         threads_.emplace_back(std::async(std::launch::async, &CompressWorker::RunThread, wt.get()));
         compress_threads_.push_back(std::move(wt));
     }
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@
     const uint8_t* iter = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(data);
     compressed_buf_.clear();
     if (num_threads <= 1) {
-        return CompressWorker::CompressBlocks(compression_, options_.block_size, data, num_blocks,
-                                              &compressed_buf_);
+        return CompressWorker::CompressBlocks(compression_.algorithm, options_.block_size, data,
+                                              num_blocks, &compressed_buf_);
     }
 
     // Submit the blocks per thread. The retrieval of
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
     while (num_blocks) {
         size_t pending_blocks = (std::min(kProcessingBlocks, num_blocks));
 
-        if (compression_ && num_compress_threads_ > 1) {
+        if (compression_.algorithm && num_compress_threads_ > 1) {
             if (!CompressBlocks(pending_blocks, iter)) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -386,19 +386,19 @@
                 op.source = next_data_pos_;
             }
 
-            if (compression_) {
+            if (compression_.algorithm) {
                 auto data = [&, this]() {
                     if (num_compress_threads_ > 1) {
                         auto data = std::move(*buf_iter_);
                         buf_iter_++;
                         return data;
                     } else {
-                        auto data =
-                                CompressWorker::Compress(compression_, iter, header_.block_size);
+                        auto data = CompressWorker::Compress(compression_.algorithm, iter,
+                                                             header_.block_size);
                         return data;
                     }
                 }();
-                op.compression = compression_;
+                op.compression = compression_.algorithm;
                 op.data_length = static_cast<uint16_t>(data.size());
 
                 if (!WriteOperation(op, data.data(), data.size())) {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
index 809ae57..1aa8518 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
   private:
     CowFooter footer_{};
-    CowCompressionAlgorithm compression_ = kCowCompressNone;
+    CowCompression compression_;
     uint64_t current_op_pos_ = 0;
     uint64_t next_op_pos_ = 0;
     uint64_t next_data_pos_ = 0;