diff --git a/docs/sources/setup/install/helm/reference.md b/docs/sources/setup/install/helm/reference.md
index 3acdd12d4d2a1..f1d727e4ba73e 100644
--- a/docs/sources/setup/install/helm/reference.md
+++ b/docs/sources/setup/install/helm/reference.md
@@ -3117,6 +3117,7 @@ null
   "serviceAnnotations": {},
   "serviceLabels": {},
   "serviceType": "ClusterIP",
+  "startupProbe": {},
   "terminationGracePeriodSeconds": 30,
   "tolerations": []
 }
@@ -3467,6 +3468,15 @@ null
 			<td><pre lang="json">
 "ClusterIP"
 </pre>
+</td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td>compactor.startupProbe</td>
+			<td>object</td>
+			<td>liveness probe settings for ingester pods. If empty use `loki.livenessProbe`</td>
+			<td><pre lang="json">
+{}
+</pre>
 </td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
index 29c2da475df1f..97a366e246464 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Entries should include a reference to the pull request that introduced the chang
 - [ENHANCEMENT] Add support for configuring `volumeAttributesClassName` for `volumeClaimTemplates`. [#19719](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/19719)
 - [BUGFIX] Don't fail for missing bucket name, if minio is enabled. [#19745](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/19745)
 - [BUGFIX] Add startupProbe to read pod [#19708](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/19708)
+- [ENHANCEMENT] Add configurable `startupProbe` to compactor [#20072](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/20072).
 
 ## 6.46.0
 
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/_helpers-compactor.tpl b/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/_helpers-compactor.tpl
index 061dfc874d657..9570eca0272c1 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/_helpers-compactor.tpl
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/_helpers-compactor.tpl
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ livenessProbe:
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
+{{/*
+compactor startup probe
+*/}}
+{{- define "loki.compactor.startupProbe" }}
+{{- with .Values.compactor.startupProbe | default .Values.loki.startupProbe }}
+startupProbe:
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{/*
 compactor priority class name
 */}}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/statefulset-compactor.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/statefulset-compactor.yaml
index 98a725124cbf5..256fb8840eac0 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/statefulset-compactor.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/compactor/statefulset-compactor.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ spec:
             {{- toYaml .Values.loki.containerSecurityContext | nindent 12 }}
           {{- include "loki.compactor.readinessProbe" . | nindent 10 }}
           {{- include "loki.compactor.livenessProbe" . | nindent 10 }}
+          {{- include "loki.compactor.startupProbe" . | nindent 10 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: temp
               mountPath: /tmp
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
index f231e41d7aec8..95a270ddb9e0e 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
@@ -2775,6 +2775,8 @@ compactor:
   readinessProbe: {}
   # -- liveness probe settings for ingester pods. If empty use `loki.livenessProbe`
   livenessProbe: {}
+  # -- liveness probe settings for ingester pods. If empty use `loki.livenessProbe`
+  startupProbe: {}
   # -- Resource requests and limits for the compactor
   resources: {}
   # -- Containers to add to the compactor pods