diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index c849ed0..ea69915 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@
     {erl_opts, [debug_info, {parse_transform, lager_transform}, {parse_transform, eqc_cover}]},
     {plugins, [rebar_eqc]}]}
  ]}.
+
+{deps, [
+        {lz4, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/martinsumner/erlang-lz4", {branch, "mas-leveled"}}}
+        ]}.
diff --git a/src/leveled_sst.erl b/src/leveled_sst.erl
index 4b251f9..f78de93 100644
--- a/src/leveled_sst.erl
+++ b/src/leveled_sst.erl
@@ -747,7 +747,8 @@ generate_filenames(RootFilename) ->
 %% compression methods.  Also, perhaps standardise applictaion of CRC
 %% checks
 serialise_block(Term) ->
-    term_to_binary(Term, ?BINARY_SETTINGS).
+    {ok, Bin} = lz4:pack(term_to_binary(Term)),
+    Bin.
 
 
 -spec deserialise_block(binary()) -> any().
@@ -757,7 +758,8 @@ serialise_block(Term) ->
 %% compression methods.  Also, perhaps standardise applictaion of CRC
 %% checks
 deserialise_block(Bin) ->
-    binary_to_term(Bin).
+    {ok, Bin0} = lz4:unpack(Bin),
+    binary_to_term(Bin0).
 
 
 %%%============================================================================
diff --git a/test/ledger_manifest/nonzero_2.pnd b/test/ledger_manifest/nonzero_2.pnd
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diff --git a/test/range1_src.sst b/test/range1_src.sst
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