diff --git a/cmake/rocksdb.cmake b/cmake/rocksdb.cmake
index f571ebe7e2f..ffb3ca941a8 100644
--- a/cmake/rocksdb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/rocksdb.cmake
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ endif()
 include(cmake/utils.cmake)
 
 FetchContent_DeclareGitHubWithMirror(rocksdb
-  facebook/rocksdb v9.6.1
-  MD5=ce31144a7e65d8f4f3f9d98986509eb1
+  facebook/rocksdb v9.7.2
+  MD5=1d6d569285b6942cf37b5e8cbf396f65
 )
 
 FetchContent_GetProperties(jemalloc)
diff --git a/kvrocks.conf b/kvrocks.conf
index f6b6b31c2d4..3c460c881e4 100644
--- a/kvrocks.conf
+++ b/kvrocks.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ bind 127.0.0.1
 # unixsocket /tmp/kvrocks.sock
 # unixsocketperm 777
 
+# Allows a parent process to open a socket and pass its FD down to kvrocks as a child 
+# process. Useful to reserve a port and prevent race conditions.
+# 
+# PLEASE NOTE: 
+# If this is overridden to a value other than -1, the bind and tls* directives will be 
+# ignored.
+# 
+# Default: -1 (not overridden, defer to creating a connection to the specified port)
+socket-fd -1
+
 # Accept connections on the specified port, default is 6666.
 port 6666
 
@@ -708,6 +718,16 @@ rocksdb.max_background_flushes -1
 # Default: 2
 rocksdb.max_subcompactions 2
 
+# If enabled WAL records will be compressed before they are written. Only
+# ZSTD (= kZSTD) is supported (until streaming support is adapted for other
+# compression types). Compressed WAL records will be read in supported
+# versions (>= RocksDB 7.4.0 for ZSTD) regardless of this setting when
+# the WAL is read.
+#
+# Accept value: "no", "zstd"
+# Default is no
+rocksdb.wal_compression no
+
 # In order to limit the size of WALs, RocksDB uses DBOptions::max_total_wal_size
 # as the trigger of column family flush. Once WALs exceed this size, RocksDB
 # will start forcing the flush of column families to allow deletion of some
diff --git a/src/cli/main.cc b/src/cli/main.cc
index 1dd52bc9266..4008d5cc18e 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.cc
+++ b/src/cli/main.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <ostream>
 
-#include "config.h"
 #include "daemon_util.h"
 #include "io_util.h"
 #include "pid_util.h"
@@ -42,9 +41,7 @@
 #include "storage/storage.h"
 #include "string_util.h"
 #include "time_util.h"
-#include "unique_fd.h"
 #include "vendor/crc64.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "version_util.h"
 
 Server *srv = nullptr;
@@ -163,6 +160,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     std::cout << "Failed to load config. Error: " << s.Msg() << std::endl;
     return 1;
   }
+  const auto socket_fd_exit = MakeScopeExit([&config] {
+    if (config.socket_fd != -1) {
+      close(config.socket_fd);
+    }
+  });
 
   crc64_init();
   InitGoogleLog(&config);
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   // Tricky: We don't expect that different instances running on the same port,
   // but the server use REUSE_PORT to support the multi listeners. So we connect
   // the listen port to check if the port has already listened or not.
-  if (!config.binds.empty()) {
+  if (config.socket_fd == -1 && !config.binds.empty()) {
     uint32_t ports[] = {config.port, config.tls_port, 0};
     for (uint32_t *port = ports; *port; ++port) {
       if (util::IsPortInUse(*port)) {
diff --git a/src/config/config.cc b/src/config/config.cc
index 4f3bebd6bbc..a1924f9eac3 100644
--- a/src/config/config.cc
+++ b/src/config/config.cc
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ const std::vector<ConfigEnum<rocksdb::CompressionType>> compression_types{[] {
   return res;
 }()};
 
+const std::vector<ConfigEnum<rocksdb::CompressionType>> wal_compression_types{[] {
+  std::vector<ConfigEnum<rocksdb::CompressionType>> res;
+  res.reserve(engine::WalCompressionOptions.size());
+  for (const auto &e : engine::WalCompressionOptions) {
+    res.push_back({e.name, e.type});
+  }
+  return res;
+}()};
+
 const std::vector<ConfigEnum<BlockCacheType>> cache_types{[] {
   std::vector<ConfigEnum<BlockCacheType>> res;
   res.reserve(engine::CacheOptions.size());
@@ -110,6 +119,7 @@ Config::Config() {
       {"daemonize", true, new YesNoField(&daemonize, false)},
       {"bind", true, new StringField(&binds_str_, "")},
       {"port", true, new UInt32Field(&port, kDefaultPort, 1, PORT_LIMIT)},
+      {"socket-fd", true, new IntField(&socket_fd, -1, -1, 1 << 16)},
 #ifdef ENABLE_OPENSSL
       {"tls-port", true, new UInt32Field(&tls_port, 0, 0, PORT_LIMIT)},
       {"tls-cert-file", false, new StringField(&tls_cert_file, "")},
@@ -212,6 +222,9 @@ Config::Config() {
       {"rocksdb.max_background_flushes", true, new IntField(&rocks_db.max_background_flushes, 2, -1, 32)},
       {"rocksdb.max_subcompactions", false, new IntField(&rocks_db.max_subcompactions, 2, 0, 16)},
       {"rocksdb.delayed_write_rate", false, new Int64Field(&rocks_db.delayed_write_rate, 0, 0, INT64_MAX)},
+      {"rocksdb.wal_compression", true,
+       new EnumField<rocksdb::CompressionType>(&rocks_db.wal_compression, wal_compression_types,
+                                               rocksdb::CompressionType::kNoCompression)},
       {"rocksdb.wal_ttl_seconds", true, new IntField(&rocks_db.wal_ttl_seconds, 3 * 3600, 0, INT_MAX)},
       {"rocksdb.wal_size_limit_mb", true, new IntField(&rocks_db.wal_size_limit_mb, 16384, 0, INT_MAX)},
       {"rocksdb.max_total_wal_size", false, new IntField(&rocks_db.max_total_wal_size, 64 * 4 * 2, 0, INT_MAX)},
diff --git a/src/config/config.h b/src/config/config.h
index e80e8578776..391d9534f58 100644
--- a/src/config/config.h
+++ b/src/config/config.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct Config {
   Config();
   ~Config() = default;
   uint32_t port = 0;
+  int socket_fd = -1;
 
   uint32_t tls_port = 0;
   std::string tls_cert_file;
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ struct Config {
     int64_t delayed_write_rate;
     int compaction_readahead_size;
     int target_file_size_base;
+    rocksdb::CompressionType wal_compression;
     int wal_ttl_seconds;
     int wal_size_limit_mb;
     int max_total_wal_size;
diff --git a/src/server/worker.cc b/src/server/worker.cc
index d5a751e1578..4ddf31add0b 100644
--- a/src/server/worker.cc
+++ b/src/server/worker.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <event2/util.h>
 #include <glog/logging.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "io_util.h"
 #include "scope_exit.h"
 #include "thread_util.h"
-#include "time_util.h"
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_OPENSSL
 #include <event2/bufferevent_ssl.h>
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <sys/un.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <list>
 #include <utility>
 
 #include "redis_connection.h"
@@ -59,17 +58,22 @@ Worker::Worker(Server *srv, Config *config) : srv(srv), base_(event_base_new())
   timeval tm = {10, 0};
   evtimer_add(timer_.get(), &tm);
 
-  uint32_t ports[3] = {config->port, config->tls_port, 0};
-  auto binds = config->binds;
-
-  for (uint32_t *port = ports; *port; ++port) {
-    for (const auto &bind : binds) {
-      Status s = listenTCP(bind, *port, config->backlog);
-      if (!s.IsOK()) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "[worker] Failed to listen on: " << bind << ":" << *port << ". Error: " << s.Msg();
-        exit(1);
+  if (config->socket_fd != -1) {
+    if (const Status s = listenFD(config->socket_fd, config->port, config->backlog); !s.IsOK()) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "[worker] Failed to listen to socket with fd: " << config->socket_fd << ". Error: " << s.Msg();
+      exit(1);
+    }
+  } else {
+    const uint32_t ports[3] = {config->port, config->tls_port, 0};
+
+    for (const uint32_t *port = ports; *port; ++port) {
+      for (const auto &bind : config->binds) {
+        if (const Status s = listenTCP(bind, *port, config->backlog); !s.IsOK()) {
+          LOG(ERROR) << "[worker] Failed to listen on: " << bind << ":" << *port << ". Error: " << s.Msg();
+          exit(1);
+        }
+        LOG(INFO) << "[worker] Listening on: " << bind << ":" << *port;
       }
-      LOG(INFO) << "[worker] Listening on: " << bind << ":" << *port;
     }
   }
   lua_ = lua::CreateState(srv);
@@ -216,6 +220,22 @@ void Worker::newUnixSocketConnection(evconnlistener *listener, evutil_socket_t f
   }
 }
 
+Status Worker::listenFD(int fd, uint32_t expected_port, int backlog) {
+  const uint32_t port = util::GetLocalPort(fd);
+  if (port != expected_port) {
+    return {Status::NotOK, "The port of the provided socket fd doesn't match the configured port"};
+  }
+  const int dup_fd = dup(fd);
+  if (dup_fd == -1) {
+    return {Status::NotOK, evutil_socket_error_to_string(EVUTIL_SOCKET_ERROR())};
+  }
+  evconnlistener *lev =
+      NewEvconnlistener<&Worker::newTCPConnection>(base_, LEV_OPT_THREADSAFE | LEV_OPT_CLOSE_ON_FREE, backlog, dup_fd);
+  listen_events_.emplace_back(lev);
+  LOG(INFO) << "Listening on dup'ed fd: " << dup_fd;
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
 Status Worker::listenTCP(const std::string &host, uint32_t port, int backlog) {
   bool ipv6_used = strchr(host.data(), ':');
 
diff --git a/src/server/worker.h b/src/server/worker.h
index b6918ba9296..ac88ec8a8b5 100644
--- a/src/server/worker.h
+++ b/src/server/worker.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>
-#include <iostream>
 #include <lua.hpp>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
@@ -36,9 +35,9 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "config/config.h"
 #include "event_util.h"
 #include "redis_connection.h"
-#include "storage/storage.h"
 
 class Server;
 
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@ class Worker : EventCallbackBase<Worker>, EvconnlistenerBase<Worker> {
   Server *srv;
 
  private:
+  Status listenFD(int fd, uint32_t expected_port, int backlog);
   Status listenTCP(const std::string &host, uint32_t port, int backlog);
   void newTCPConnection(evconnlistener *listener, evutil_socket_t fd, sockaddr *address, int socklen);
   void newUnixSocketConnection(evconnlistener *listener, evutil_socket_t fd, sockaddr *address, int socklen);
diff --git a/src/storage/storage.cc b/src/storage/storage.cc
index 116b452708e..9e1b315d073 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage.cc
+++ b/src/storage/storage.cc
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ rocksdb::Options Storage::InitRocksDBOptions() {
   options.num_levels = 7;
   options.compression_opts.level = config_->rocks_db.compression_level;
   options.compression_per_level.resize(options.num_levels);
+  options.wal_compression = config_->rocks_db.wal_compression;
   // only compress levels >= 2
   for (int i = 0; i < options.num_levels; ++i) {
     if (i < 2) {
diff --git a/src/storage/storage.h b/src/storage/storage.h
index 3ce9b78a548..c29b4689de5 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage.h
+++ b/src/storage/storage.h
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ inline const std::vector<CompressionOption> CompressionOptions = {
     {rocksdb::kZSTD, "zstd", "kZSTD"},
 };
 
+inline const std::vector<CompressionOption> WalCompressionOptions = {
+    {rocksdb::kNoCompression, "no", "kNoCompression"},
+    {rocksdb::kZSTD, "zstd", "kZSTD"},
+};
+
 struct CacheOption {
   BlockCacheType type;
   const std::string name;
diff --git a/tests/cppunit/config_test.cc b/tests/cppunit/config_test.cc
index 68919ed8415..dfe631189a9 100644
--- a/tests/cppunit/config_test.cc
+++ b/tests/cppunit/config_test.cc
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ TEST(Config, GetAndSet) {
       {"rocksdb.row_cache_size", "100"},
       {"rocksdb.rate_limiter_auto_tuned", "yes"},
       {"rocksdb.compression_level", "32767"},
+      {"rocksdb.wal_compression", "no"},
   };
   for (const auto &iter : immutable_cases) {
     s = config.Set(nullptr, iter.first, iter.second);