diff --git a/compactor/src/compactor.rs b/compactor/src/compactor.rs
index 72063e7a4b..c9ec29e0dc 100644
--- a/compactor/src/compactor.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/compactor.rs
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ impl Compactor {
         let df_semaphore = Arc::new(semaphore_metrics.new_semaphore(config.df_concurrency.get()));
 
         // Initialise the gossip subsystem, if configured.
-        let _gossip = match config.gossip_bind_address {
+        let gossip = match config.gossip_bind_address {
             Some(bind) => {
                 // Initialise the gossip subsystem.
                 let handle = gossip::Builder::<_, Topic>::new(
                     config.gossip_seeds,
-                    NopDispatcher::default(),
+                    NopDispatcher,
                     Arc::clone(&config.metric_registry),
                 )
                 // Configure the compactor to subscribe to no topics - it
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl Compactor {
                 let event_tx =
                     gossip_compaction::tx::CompactionEventTx::<CompactionEvent>::new(handle);
 
-                Some(event_tx)
+                Some(Arc::new(event_tx))
             }
             None => None,
         };
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ impl Compactor {
                         config.partition_concurrency,
                         config.partition_timeout,
                         Arc::clone(&df_semaphore),
-                        &components
+                        &components,
+                        gossip,
                     ).await;
 
                     info!("compactor done");
diff --git a/compactor/src/driver.rs b/compactor/src/driver.rs
index f1df778516..6d4ff38c66 100644
--- a/compactor/src/driver.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/driver.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use compactor_scheduler::CompactionJob;
 use data_types::{CompactionLevel, ParquetFile, ParquetFileParams, PartitionId};
 use futures::{stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use gossip_compaction::tx::CompactionEventTx;
 use iox_query::exec::query_tracing::send_metrics_to_tracing;
 use observability_deps::tracing::info;
 use parquet_file::ParquetFilePath;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ pub async fn compact(
     partition_timeout: Duration,
     df_semaphore: Arc<InstrumentedAsyncSemaphore>,
     components: &Arc<Components>,
+    gossip_handle: Option<Arc<CompactionEventTx>>,
 ) {
     components
         .compaction_job_stream
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ pub async fn compact(
                 partition_timeout,
                 Arc::clone(&df_semaphore),
                 components,
+                gossip_handle.clone(),
             )
         })
         .buffer_unordered(partition_concurrency.get())
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ async fn compact_partition(
     partition_timeout: Duration,
     df_semaphore: Arc<InstrumentedAsyncSemaphore>,
     components: Arc<Components>,
+    gossip_handle: Option<Arc<CompactionEventTx>>,
 ) {
     let partition_id = job.partition_id;
     info!(partition_id = partition_id.get(), timeout = ?partition_timeout, "compact partition",);
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ async fn compact_partition(
                 components,
                 scratchpad,
                 transmit_progress_signal,
+                gossip_handle,
             )
             .await // errors detected in the CompactionJob update_job_status(), will be handled in the timeout_with_progress_checking
         }
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ async fn try_compact_partition(
     components: Arc<Components>,
     scratchpad_ctx: Arc<dyn Scratchpad>,
     transmit_progress_signal: Sender<bool>,
+    gossip_handle: Option<Arc<CompactionEventTx>>,
 ) -> Result<(), DynError> {
     let partition_id = job.partition_id;
     let mut files = components.partition_files_source.fetch(partition_id).await;
@@ -273,6 +279,7 @@ async fn try_compact_partition(
                 let job = job.clone();
                 let branch_span = round_span.child("branch");
                 let round_info = round_info.clone();
+                let gossip_handle = gossip_handle.clone();
 
                 async move {
                     execute_branch(
@@ -285,6 +292,7 @@ async fn try_compact_partition(
                         partition_info,
                         round_info,
                         transmit_progress_signal,
+                        gossip_handle,
                     )
                     .await
                 }
@@ -310,6 +318,7 @@ async fn execute_branch(
     partition_info: Arc<PartitionInfo>,
     round_info: RoundInfo,
     transmit_progress_signal: Arc<Sender<bool>>,
+    gossip_handle: Option<Arc<CompactionEventTx>>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<ParquetFile>, DynError> {
     let files_next: Vec<ParquetFile> = Vec::new();
 
@@ -377,7 +386,7 @@ async fn execute_branch(
         let files_to_delete = chunk
             .iter()
             .flat_map(|plan| plan.input_parquet_files())
-            .collect();
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         // Compact & Split
         let created_file_params = run_plans(
@@ -424,13 +433,22 @@ async fn execute_branch(
             Arc::clone(&components),
             job.clone(),
             &saved_parquet_file_state,
-            files_to_delete,
+            &files_to_delete,
             upgrade,
             created_file_params,
             target_level,
         )
         .await?;
 
+        // Broadcast the compaction event to gossip peers.
+        gossip_compaction_complete(
+            gossip_handle.as_deref(),
+            &created_files,
+            &upgraded_files,
+            files_to_delete,
+            target_level,
+        );
+
         // we only need to upgrade files on the first iteration, so empty the upgrade list for next loop.
         upgrade = Vec::new();
 
@@ -450,6 +468,36 @@ async fn execute_branch(
     Ok(files_next)
 }
 
+/// Broadcast a compaction completion event over gossip.
+fn gossip_compaction_complete(
+    gossip_handle: Option<&CompactionEventTx>,
+    created_files: &[ParquetFile],
+    upgraded_files: &[ParquetFile],
+    deleted_files: Vec<ParquetFile>,
+    target_level: CompactionLevel,
+) {
+    use generated_types::influxdata::iox::catalog::v1 as catalog_proto;
+    use generated_types::influxdata::iox::gossip::v1 as proto;
+
+    let handle = match gossip_handle {
+        Some(v) => v,
+        None => return,
+    };
+
+    let new_files = created_files
+        .iter()
+        .cloned()
+        .map(catalog_proto::ParquetFile::from)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    handle.broadcast(proto::CompactionEvent {
+        new_files,
+        updated_file_ids: upgraded_files.iter().map(|v| v.id.get()).collect(),
+        deleted_file_ids: deleted_files.iter().map(|v| v.id.get()).collect(),
+        upgraded_target_level: target_level as _,
+    });
+}
+
 /// Compact or split given files
 async fn run_plans(
     span: SpanRecorder,
@@ -628,7 +676,7 @@ async fn update_catalog(
     components: Arc<Components>,
     job: CompactionJob,
     saved_parquet_file_state: &SavedParquetFileState,
-    files_to_delete: Vec<ParquetFile>,
+    files_to_delete: &[ParquetFile],
     files_to_upgrade: Vec<ParquetFile>,
     file_params_to_create: Vec<ParquetFileParams>,
     target_level: CompactionLevel,
@@ -646,7 +694,7 @@ async fn update_catalog(
         .commit
         .commit(
             job,
-            &files_to_delete,
+            files_to_delete,
             &files_to_upgrade,
             &file_params_to_create,
             target_level,
diff --git a/compactor_test_utils/src/lib.rs b/compactor_test_utils/src/lib.rs
index efa5da2cf0..ad59192e82 100644
--- a/compactor_test_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compactor_test_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ impl TestSetup {
             config.partition_timeout,
             df_semaphore,
             &components,
+            None,
         )
         .await;
 
diff --git a/gossip_compaction/src/tx.rs b/gossip_compaction/src/tx.rs
index a15deeaae0..2f2f43e767 100644
--- a/gossip_compaction/src/tx.rs
+++ b/gossip_compaction/src/tx.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use tokio::{
 /// decoupling the caller from the latency of processing each frame. Dropping
 /// the [`CompactionEventTx`] stops this background actor task.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct CompactionEventTx<T> {
+pub struct CompactionEventTx<T = CompactionEvent> {
     tx: mpsc::Sender<T>,
     task: JoinHandle<()>,
 }
diff --git a/influxdb_iox/src/commands/run/all_in_one.rs b/influxdb_iox/src/commands/run/all_in_one.rs
index 21b1c010e0..1f578afa67 100644
--- a/influxdb_iox/src/commands/run/all_in_one.rs
+++ b/influxdb_iox/src/commands/run/all_in_one.rs
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ impl Config {
             max_num_columns_per_table: 200,
             max_num_files_per_plan: 200,
             max_partition_fetch_queries_per_second: Some(500),
+            gossip_config: GossipConfig::disabled(),
         };
 
         let querier_config = QuerierConfig {
diff --git a/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs b/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs
index 337e4d50c7..5b4e895839 100644
--- a/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ioxd_compactor/src/lib.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ pub async fn create_compactor_server_type(
         max_partition_fetch_queries_per_second: compactor_config
             .max_partition_fetch_queries_per_second,
         gossip_seeds: compactor_config.gossip_config.seed_list,
-        gossip_bind_address: compactor_config.gossip_config.gossip_bind_address,
+        gossip_bind_address: compactor_config
+            .gossip_config
+            .gossip_bind_address
+            .map(Into::into),
     })
     .await;