diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_compress.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_compress.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8add041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_compress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string_view>
+#include "libsnapshot/cow_format.h"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace snapshot {
+
+class ICompressor {
+  public:
+    explicit ICompressor(uint32_t compression_level) : compression_level_(compression_level) {}
+
+    virtual ~ICompressor() {}
+    // Factory methods for compression methods.
+    static std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> Gz(uint32_t compression_level);
+    static std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> Brotli(uint32_t compression_level);
+    static std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> Lz4(uint32_t compression_level);
+    static std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> Zstd(uint32_t compression_level);
+
+    static std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> Create(CowCompression compression);
+
+    uint32_t GetCompressionLevel() const { return compression_level_; }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual std::basic_string<uint8_t> Compress(const void* data,
+                                                              size_t length) const = 0;
+
+  private:
+    uint32_t compression_level_;
+};
+}  // namespace snapshot
+}  // namespace android
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_writer.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_writer.h
index 74b8bb8..3016e93 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_writer.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_writer.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <libsnapshot/cow_compress.h>
+
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include <condition_variable>
@@ -107,16 +109,14 @@
 
 class CompressWorker {
   public:
-    CompressWorker(CowCompression compression, uint32_t block_size);
+    CompressWorker(std::unique_ptr<ICompressor>&& compressor, uint32_t block_size);
     bool RunThread();
     void EnqueueCompressBlocks(const void* buffer, size_t num_blocks);
     bool GetCompressedBuffers(std::vector<std::basic_string<uint8_t>>* compressed_buf);
     void Finalize();
     static uint32_t GetDefaultCompressionLevel(CowCompressionAlgorithm compression);
-    static std::basic_string<uint8_t> Compress(CowCompression compression, const void* data,
-                                               size_t length);
 
-    static bool CompressBlocks(CowCompression compression, size_t block_size, const void* buffer,
+    static bool CompressBlocks(ICompressor* compressor, size_t block_size, const void* buffer,
                                size_t num_blocks,
                                std::vector<std::basic_string<uint8_t>>* compressed_data);
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         std::vector<std::basic_string<uint8_t>> compressed_data;
     };
 
-    CowCompression compression_;
+    std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> compressor_;
     uint32_t block_size_;
 
     std::queue<CompressWork> work_queue_;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp
index 96d6016..d023f19 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/parseint.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <brotli/encode.h>
+#include <libsnapshot/cow_compress.h>
 #include <libsnapshot/cow_format.h>
 #include <libsnapshot/cow_reader.h>
 #include <libsnapshot/cow_writer.h>
@@ -51,6 +54,22 @@
     }
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> ICompressor::Create(CowCompression compression) {
+    switch (compression.algorithm) {
+        case kCowCompressLz4:
+            return ICompressor::Lz4(compression.compression_level);
+        case kCowCompressBrotli:
+            return ICompressor::Brotli(compression.compression_level);
+        case kCowCompressGz:
+            return ICompressor::Gz(compression.compression_level);
+        case kCowCompressZstd:
+            return ICompressor::Zstd(compression.compression_level);
+        case kCowCompressNone:
+            return nullptr;
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 // 1. Default compression level is determined by compression algorithm
 // 2. There might be compatibility issues if a value is changed here, as  some older versions of
 // Android will assume a different compression level, causing cow_size estimation differences that
@@ -77,101 +96,116 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-std::basic_string<uint8_t> CompressWorker::Compress(CowCompression compression, const void* data,
-                                                    size_t length) {
-    switch (compression.algorithm) {
-        case kCowCompressGz: {
-            const auto bound = compressBound(length);
-            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+class GzCompressor final : public ICompressor {
+  public:
+    GzCompressor(uint32_t compression_level) : ICompressor(compression_level){};
 
-            uLongf dest_len = bound;
-            auto rv = compress2(buffer.data(), &dest_len, reinterpret_cast<const Bytef*>(data),
-                                length, compression.compression_level);
-            if (rv != Z_OK) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "compress2 returned: " << rv;
-                return {};
-            }
-            buffer.resize(dest_len);
-            return buffer;
-        }
-        case kCowCompressBrotli: {
-            const auto bound = BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize(length);
-            if (!bound) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize returned 0";
-                return {};
-            }
-            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+    std::basic_string<uint8_t> Compress(const void* data, size_t length) const override {
+        const auto bound = compressBound(length);
+        std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
 
-            size_t encoded_size = bound;
-            auto rv = BrotliEncoderCompress(
-                    compression.compression_level, BROTLI_DEFAULT_WINDOW, BROTLI_DEFAULT_MODE,
-                    length, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(data), &encoded_size, buffer.data());
-            if (!rv) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderCompress failed";
-                return {};
-            }
-            buffer.resize(encoded_size);
-            return buffer;
+        uLongf dest_len = bound;
+        auto rv = compress2(buffer.data(), &dest_len, reinterpret_cast<const Bytef*>(data), length,
+                            GetCompressionLevel());
+        if (rv != Z_OK) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "compress2 returned: " << rv;
+            return {};
         }
-        case kCowCompressLz4: {
-            const auto bound = LZ4_compressBound(length);
-            if (!bound) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compressBound returned 0";
-                return {};
-            }
-            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+        buffer.resize(dest_len);
+        return buffer;
+    };
+};
 
-            const auto compressed_size = LZ4_compress_default(
-                    static_cast<const char*>(data), reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer.data()), length,
-                    buffer.size());
-            if (compressed_size <= 0) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compress_default failed, input size: " << length
-                           << ", compression bound: " << bound << ", ret: " << compressed_size;
-                return {};
-            }
-            // Don't run compression if the compressed output is larger
-            if (compressed_size >= length) {
-                buffer.resize(length);
-                memcpy(buffer.data(), data, length);
-            } else {
-                buffer.resize(compressed_size);
-            }
-            return buffer;
+class Lz4Compressor final : public ICompressor {
+  public:
+    Lz4Compressor(uint32_t compression_level) : ICompressor(compression_level){};
+
+    std::basic_string<uint8_t> Compress(const void* data, size_t length) const override {
+        const auto bound = LZ4_compressBound(length);
+        if (!bound) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compressBound returned 0";
+            return {};
         }
-        case kCowCompressZstd: {
-            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(ZSTD_compressBound(length), '\0');
-            const auto compressed_size = ZSTD_compress(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), data, length,
-                                                       compression.compression_level);
-            if (compressed_size <= 0) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "ZSTD compression failed " << compressed_size;
-                return {};
-            }
-            // Don't run compression if the compressed output is larger
-            if (compressed_size >= length) {
-                buffer.resize(length);
-                memcpy(buffer.data(), data, length);
-            } else {
-                buffer.resize(compressed_size);
-            }
-            return buffer;
+        std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+
+        const auto compressed_size =
+                LZ4_compress_default(static_cast<const char*>(data),
+                                     reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer.data()), length, buffer.size());
+        if (compressed_size <= 0) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compress_default failed, input size: " << length
+                       << ", compression bound: " << bound << ", ret: " << compressed_size;
+            return {};
         }
-        default:
-            LOG(ERROR) << "unhandled compression type: " << compression.algorithm;
-            break;
-    }
-    return {};
-}
+        // Don't run compression if the compressed output is larger
+        if (compressed_size >= length) {
+            buffer.resize(length);
+            memcpy(buffer.data(), data, length);
+        } else {
+            buffer.resize(compressed_size);
+        }
+        return buffer;
+    };
+};
+
+class BrotliCompressor final : public ICompressor {
+  public:
+    BrotliCompressor(uint32_t compression_level) : ICompressor(compression_level){};
+
+    std::basic_string<uint8_t> Compress(const void* data, size_t length) const override {
+        const auto bound = BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize(length);
+        if (!bound) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize returned 0";
+            return {};
+        }
+        std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+
+        size_t encoded_size = bound;
+        auto rv = BrotliEncoderCompress(
+                GetCompressionLevel(), BROTLI_DEFAULT_WINDOW, BROTLI_DEFAULT_MODE, length,
+                reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(data), &encoded_size, buffer.data());
+        if (!rv) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderCompress failed";
+            return {};
+        }
+        buffer.resize(encoded_size);
+        return buffer;
+    };
+};
+
+class ZstdCompressor final : public ICompressor {
+  public:
+    ZstdCompressor(uint32_t compression_level) : ICompressor(compression_level){};
+
+    std::basic_string<uint8_t> Compress(const void* data, size_t length) const override {
+        std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(ZSTD_compressBound(length), '\0');
+        const auto compressed_size =
+                ZSTD_compress(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), data, length, GetCompressionLevel());
+        if (compressed_size <= 0) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "ZSTD compression failed " << compressed_size;
+            return {};
+        }
+        // Don't run compression if the compressed output is larger
+        if (compressed_size >= length) {
+            buffer.resize(length);
+            memcpy(buffer.data(), data, length);
+        } else {
+            buffer.resize(compressed_size);
+        }
+        return buffer;
+    };
+};
+
 bool CompressWorker::CompressBlocks(const void* buffer, size_t num_blocks,
                                     std::vector<std::basic_string<uint8_t>>* compressed_data) {
-    return CompressBlocks(compression_, block_size_, buffer, num_blocks, compressed_data);
+    return CompressBlocks(compressor_.get(), block_size_, buffer, num_blocks, compressed_data);
 }
 
-bool CompressWorker::CompressBlocks(CowCompression compression, size_t block_size,
-                                    const void* buffer, size_t num_blocks,
+bool CompressWorker::CompressBlocks(ICompressor* compressor, size_t block_size, const void* buffer,
+                                    size_t num_blocks,
                                     std::vector<std::basic_string<uint8_t>>* compressed_data) {
     const uint8_t* iter = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(buffer);
     while (num_blocks) {
-        auto data = Compress(compression, iter, block_size);
+        auto data = compressor->Compress(iter, block_size);
         if (data.empty()) {
             PLOG(ERROR) << "CompressBlocks: Compression failed";
             return false;
@@ -270,6 +304,22 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> ICompressor::Brotli(uint32_t compression_level) {
+    return std::make_unique<BrotliCompressor>(compression_level);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> ICompressor::Gz(uint32_t compression_level) {
+    return std::make_unique<GzCompressor>(compression_level);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> ICompressor::Lz4(uint32_t compression_level) {
+    return std::make_unique<Lz4Compressor>(compression_level);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> ICompressor::Zstd(uint32_t compression_level) {
+    return std::make_unique<ZstdCompressor>(compression_level);
+}
+
 void CompressWorker::Finalize() {
     {
         std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(lock_);
@@ -278,8 +328,8 @@
     cv_.notify_all();
 }
 
-CompressWorker::CompressWorker(CowCompression compression, uint32_t block_size)
-    : compression_(compression), block_size_(block_size) {}
+CompressWorker::CompressWorker(std::unique_ptr<ICompressor>&& compressor, uint32_t block_size)
+    : compressor_(std::move(compressor)), block_size_(block_size) {}
 
 }  // namespace snapshot
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
index 2258d9f..0ecad9d 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@
     std::string expected = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
     expected.resize(4096, '\0');
 
-    auto result = CompressWorker::Compress(compression, expected.data(), expected.size());
+    std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> compressor = ICompressor::Create(compression);
+    auto result = compressor->Compress(expected.data(), expected.size());
     ASSERT_FALSE(result.empty());
 
     HorribleStream<uint8_t> stream(result);
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
index 6d04c6a..7115821 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@
         return;
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < num_compress_threads_; i++) {
-        auto wt = std::make_unique<CompressWorker>(compression_, header_.block_size);
+        std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> compressor = ICompressor::Create(compression_);
+        auto wt = std::make_unique<CompressWorker>(std::move(compressor), header_.block_size);
         threads_.emplace_back(std::async(std::launch::async, &CompressWorker::RunThread, wt.get()));
         compress_threads_.push_back(std::move(wt));
     }
@@ -339,10 +340,12 @@
     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_);
+        if (!compressor_) {
+            compressor_ = ICompressor::Create(compression_);
+        }
+        return CompressWorker::CompressBlocks(compressor_.get(), options_.block_size, data,
+                                              num_blocks, &compressed_buf_);
     }
-
     // Submit the blocks per thread. The retrieval of
     // compressed buffers has to be done in the same order.
     // We should not poll for completed buffers in a different order as the
@@ -412,8 +415,11 @@
                         buf_iter_++;
                         return data;
                     } else {
-                        auto data =
-                                CompressWorker::Compress(compression_, iter, header_.block_size);
+                        if (!compressor_) {
+                            compressor_ = ICompressor::Create(compression_);
+                        }
+
+                        auto data = compressor_->Compress(iter, header_.block_size);
                         return data;
                     }
                 }();
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
index 3f357e0..131a068 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
   private:
     CowFooter footer_{};
     CowCompression compression_;
+    // in the case that we are using one thread for compression, we can store and re-use the same
+    // compressor
+    std::unique_ptr<ICompressor> compressor_;
     uint64_t current_op_pos_ = 0;
     uint64_t next_op_pos_ = 0;
     uint64_t next_data_pos_ = 0;