diff --git a/tools/db_stress.cc b/tools/db_stress.cc
index e9d759f32..7e3101c07 100644
--- a/tools/db_stress.cc
+++ b/tools/db_stress.cc
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ DEFINE_int32(max_background_compactions,
              "The maximum number of concurrent background compactions "
              "that can occur in parallel.");
 
+DEFINE_int32(compaction_thread_pool_adjust_interval, 0,
+             "The interval (in milliseconds) to adjust compaction thread pool "
+             "size. Don't change it periodically if the value is 0.");
+
+DEFINE_int32(compaction_thread_pool_varations, 2,
+             "Range of bakground thread pool size variations when adjusted "
+             "periodically.");
+
 DEFINE_int32(max_background_flushes, rocksdb::Options().max_background_flushes,
              "The maximum number of concurrent background flushes "
              "that can occur in parallel.");
@@ -567,6 +575,8 @@ class SharedState {
         num_done_(0),
         start_(false),
         start_verify_(false),
+        should_stop_bg_thread_(false),
+        bg_thread_finished_(false),
         stress_test_(stress_test),
         verification_failure_(false) {
     if (FLAGS_test_batches_snapshots) {
@@ -694,6 +704,14 @@ class SharedState {
 
   uint32_t GetSeed() const { return seed_; }
 
+  void SetShouldStopBgThread() { should_stop_bg_thread_ = true; }
+
+  bool ShoudStopBgThread() { return should_stop_bg_thread_; }
+
+  void SetBgThreadFinish() { bg_thread_finished_ = true; }
+
+  bool BgThreadFinished() const { return bg_thread_finished_; }
+
  private:
   port::Mutex mu_;
   port::CondVar cv_;
@@ -707,6 +725,8 @@ class SharedState {
   long num_done_;
   bool start_;
   bool start_verify_;
+  bool should_stop_bg_thread_;
+  bool bg_thread_finished_;
   StressTest* stress_test_;
   std::atomic<bool> verification_failure_;
 
@@ -777,6 +797,11 @@ class StressTest {
       threads[i] = new ThreadState(i, &shared);
       FLAGS_env->StartThread(ThreadBody, threads[i]);
     }
+    ThreadState bg_thread(0, &shared);
+    if (FLAGS_compaction_thread_pool_adjust_interval > 0) {
+      FLAGS_env->StartThread(PoolSizeChangeThread, &bg_thread);
+    }
+
     // Each thread goes through the following states:
     // initializing -> wait for others to init -> read/populate/depopulate
     // wait for others to operate -> verify -> done
@@ -829,6 +854,14 @@ class StressTest {
     }
     PrintStatistics();
 
+    if (FLAGS_compaction_thread_pool_adjust_interval > 0) {
+      MutexLock l(shared.GetMutex());
+      shared.SetShouldStopBgThread();
+      while (!shared.BgThreadFinished()) {
+        shared.GetCondVar()->Wait();
+      }
+    }
+
     if (shared.HasVerificationFailedYet()) {
       printf("Verification failed :(\n");
       return false;
@@ -879,6 +912,38 @@ class StressTest {
 
   }
 
+  static void PoolSizeChangeThread(void* v) {
+    assert(FLAGS_compaction_thread_pool_adjust_interval > 0);
+    ThreadState* thread = reinterpret_cast<ThreadState*>(v);
+    SharedState* shared = thread->shared;
+
+    while (true) {
+      {
+        MutexLock l(shared->GetMutex());
+        if (shared->ShoudStopBgThread()) {
+          shared->SetBgThreadFinish();
+          shared->GetCondVar()->SignalAll();
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
+      auto thread_pool_size_base = FLAGS_max_background_compactions;
+      auto thread_pool_size_var = FLAGS_compaction_thread_pool_varations;
+      int new_thread_pool_size =
+          thread_pool_size_base - thread_pool_size_var +
+          thread->rand.Next() % (thread_pool_size_var * 2 + 1);
+      if (new_thread_pool_size < 1) {
+        new_thread_pool_size = 1;
+      }
+      FLAGS_env->SetBackgroundThreads(new_thread_pool_size);
+      // Sleep up to 3 seconds
+      FLAGS_env->SleepForMicroseconds(
+          thread->rand.Next() % FLAGS_compaction_thread_pool_adjust_interval *
+              1000 +
+          1);
+    }
+  }
+
   // Given a key K and value V, this puts ("0"+K, "0"+V), ("1"+K, "1"+V), ...
   // ("9"+K, "9"+V) in DB atomically i.e in a single batch.
   // Also refer MultiGet.