diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee819d9e79..45eb7f9e65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - [#9084](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/9084): Handle high cardinality deletes in TSM engine
 - [#9162](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/9162): Improve inmem index startup performance for high cardinality.
 - [#8491](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/8491): Add further tsi support for streaming/copying shards.
+- [#9181](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/9181): Schedule a full compaction after a successful import
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
index c0271eea4d..f7fe11cb78 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
@@ -815,8 +815,12 @@ func (e *Engine) Restore(r io.Reader, basePath string) error {
 // Import reads a tar archive generated by Backup() and adds each
 // file matching basePath as a new TSM file.  This obtains
 // a write lock so no operations can be performed while Importing.
+// If the import is successful, a full compaction is scheduled.
 func (e *Engine) Import(r io.Reader, basePath string) error {
-	return e.overlay(r, basePath, true)
+	if err := e.overlay(r, basePath, true); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return e.ScheduleFullCompaction()
 }
 
 // overlay reads a tar archive generated by Backup() and adds each file