diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09d1ac47d2c..bdb67db9ec4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 - Removed MCP tools and prompts that required Gemini in Firebase terms of service.
 - Fixes an issue where the `--only` flag was not always respected for `firebase mcp`
 - Removed timeout when connecting to Cloud SQL. Hopefully, should mitigate issue #9314. (#9725)
+- Added `firebase dataconnect:compile` command.
diff --git a/src/commands/dataconnect-compile.ts b/src/commands/dataconnect-compile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7e6219c9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/dataconnect-compile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import * as clc from "colorette";
+
+import { Command } from "../command";
+import { Options } from "../options";
+import { DataConnectEmulator } from "../emulator/dataconnectEmulator";
+import { getProjectId } from "../projectUtils";
+import { pickServices } from "../dataconnect/load";
+import { getProjectDefaultAccount } from "../auth";
+import { logLabeledSuccess } from "../utils";
+import { EmulatorHub } from "../emulator/hub";
+import { handleBuildErrors } from "../dataconnect/build";
+import { FirebaseError } from "../error";
+
+type CompileOptions = Options & { service?: string; location?: string };
+
+export const command = new Command("dataconnect:compile")
+  .description("compile your Data Connect schema and connector config and GQL files.")
+  .option(
+    "--service <serviceId>",
+    "the serviceId of the Data Connect service. If not provided, compiles all services.",
+  )
+  .option(
+    "--location <location>",
+    "the location of the Data Connect service. Only needed if service ID is used in multiple locations.",
+  )
+  .action(async (options: CompileOptions) => {
+    const projectId = getProjectId(options);
+
+    const config = options.config;
+    if (!config || !config.has("dataconnect")) {
+      throw new FirebaseError(
+        `No Data Connect project directory found. Please run ${clc.bold("firebase init dataconnect")} to set it up first.`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    const serviceInfos = await pickServices(
+      projectId || EmulatorHub.MISSING_PROJECT_PLACEHOLDER,
+      config,
+      options.service,
+      options.location,
+    );
+
+    if (!serviceInfos.length) {
+      throw new FirebaseError("No Data Connect services found to compile.");
+    }
+
+    for (const serviceInfo of serviceInfos) {
+      const configDir = serviceInfo.sourceDirectory;
+      const account = getProjectDefaultAccount(options.projectRoot);
+
+      // 1. Build (Validate Schema/Connectors + Generate .dataconnect)
+      const buildArgs = {
+        configDir,
+        projectId, // Optional, passes to fdc build --project_id if present
+        account,
+      };
+
+      const buildResult = await DataConnectEmulator.build(buildArgs);
+
+      if (buildResult?.errors?.length) {
+        await handleBuildErrors(
+          buildResult.errors,
+          options.nonInteractive,
+          options.force,
+          !!options.dryRun,
+        );
+      }
+
+      // 2. Generate SDKs
+      // api-proposal says: "Generates or updates the local .dataconnect/ metadata folder and generated SDKs"
+      await DataConnectEmulator.generate({
+        configDir,
+        account,
+      });
+
+      logLabeledSuccess(
+        "dataconnect",
+        `Successfully compiled Data Connect service: ${clc.bold(serviceInfo.dataConnectYaml.serviceId)}`,
+      );
+    }
+  });
diff --git a/src/commands/index.ts b/src/commands/index.ts
index ad89eff7136..81e885ec9ea 100644
--- a/src/commands/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/index.ts
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ export function load(client: CLIClient): CLIClient {
   client.dataconnect.sql.migrate = loadCommand("dataconnect-sql-migrate");
   client.dataconnect.sql.grant = loadCommand("dataconnect-sql-grant");
   client.dataconnect.sql.shell = loadCommand("dataconnect-sql-shell");
+  client.dataconnect.compile = loadCommand("dataconnect-compile");
   client.dataconnect.sdk = {};
   client.dataconnect.sdk.generate = loadCommand("dataconnect-sdk-generate");
   client.target = loadCommand("target");