diff --git a/api/api-doc/storage_service.json b/api/api-doc/storage_service.json
index 8dc9a19c05..d218b8fa85 100644
--- a/api/api-doc/storage_service.json
+++ b/api/api-doc/storage_service.json
@@ -765,6 +765,38 @@
             }
          ]
       },
+      {
+         "path":"/storage_service/keyspace_offstrategy_compaction/{keyspace}",
+         "operations":[
+            {
+               "method":"POST",
+               "summary":"Perform offstrategy compaction, if needed, in a single keyspace",
+               "type":"boolean",
+               "nickname":"perform_keyspace_offstrategy_compaction",
+               "produces":[
+                  "application/json"
+               ],
+               "parameters":[
+                  {
+                     "name":"keyspace",
+                     "description":"The keyspace to operate on",
+                     "required":true,
+                     "allowMultiple":false,
+                     "type":"string",
+                     "paramType":"path"
+                  },
+                  {
+                     "name":"cf",
+                     "description":"Comma-seperated table names",
+                     "required":false,
+                     "allowMultiple":false,
+                     "type":"string",
+                     "paramType":"query"
+                  }
+               ]
+            }
+         ]
+      },
       {
          "path":"/storage_service/keyspace_scrub/{keyspace}",
          "operations":[
diff --git a/api/storage_service.cc b/api/storage_service.cc
index 1c17b57107..6e41652046 100644
--- a/api/storage_service.cc
+++ b/api/storage_service.cc
@@ -644,6 +644,17 @@ void set_storage_service(http_context& ctx, routes& r, sharded<service::storage_
         });
     });
 
+    ss::perform_keyspace_offstrategy_compaction.set(r, wrap_ks_cf(ctx, [] (http_context& ctx, std::unique_ptr<request> req, sstring keyspace, std::vector<sstring> tables) -> future<json::json_return_type> {
+        co_return co_await ctx.db.map_reduce0([&keyspace, &tables] (replica::database& db) -> future<bool> {
+            bool needed = false;
+            for (const auto& table : tables) {
+                auto& t = db.find_column_family(keyspace, table);
+                needed |= co_await t.perform_offstrategy_compaction();
+            }
+            co_return needed;
+        }, false, std::plus<bool>());
+    }));
+
     ss::upgrade_sstables.set(r, wrap_ks_cf(ctx, [] (http_context& ctx, std::unique_ptr<request> req, sstring keyspace, std::vector<sstring> column_families) {
         bool exclude_current_version = req_param<bool>(*req, "exclude_current_version", false);
 
diff --git a/compaction/compaction_manager.cc b/compaction/compaction_manager.cc
index 28ba3744a0..a7477421e6 100644
--- a/compaction/compaction_manager.cc
+++ b/compaction/compaction_manager.cc
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ void compaction_manager::submit(replica::table* t) {
     });
 }
 
-void compaction_manager::submit_offstrategy(replica::table* t) {
+future<> compaction_manager::perform_offstrategy(replica::table* t) {
     auto task = make_lw_shared<compaction_manager::task>(t, sstables::compaction_type::Reshape, get_compaction_state(t));
     _tasks.push_back(task);
     _stats.pending_tasks++;
@@ -742,21 +742,21 @@ void compaction_manager::submit_offstrategy(replica::table* t) {
                 _stats.active_tasks++;
                 task->setup_new_compaction();
 
-                return t->run_offstrategy_compaction(task->compaction_data).then_wrapped([this, task] (future<> f) mutable {
+                return t->run_offstrategy_compaction(task->compaction_data).then_wrapped([this, task, schema = t->schema()] (future<> f) mutable {
                     _stats.active_tasks--;
                     task->finish_compaction();
                     try {
                         f.get();
                         _stats.completed_tasks++;
                     } catch (sstables::compaction_stopped_exception& e) {
-                        cmlog.info("off-strategy compaction: {}", e.what());
+                        cmlog.info("off-strategy compaction of {}.{} was stopped: {}", schema->ks_name(), schema->cf_name(), e.what());
                     } catch (sstables::compaction_aborted_exception& e) {
                         _stats.errors++;
-                        cmlog.error("off-strategy compaction: {}", e.what());
+                        cmlog.error("off-strategy compaction of {}.{} was aborted: {}", schema->ks_name(), schema->cf_name(), e.what());
                     } catch (...) {
                         _stats.errors++;
                         _stats.pending_tasks++;
-                        cmlog.error("off-strategy compaction failed due to {}, retrying...", std::current_exception());
+                        cmlog.error("off-strategy compaction of {}.{} failed due to {}, retrying...", schema->ks_name(), schema->cf_name(), std::current_exception());
                         return put_task_to_sleep(task).then([] {
                             return make_ready_future<stop_iteration>(stop_iteration::no);
                         });
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ void compaction_manager::submit_offstrategy(replica::table* t) {
         _tasks.remove(task);
         cmlog.debug("Offstrategy compaction task {} table={}: done", fmt::ptr(task.get()), fmt::ptr(task->compacting_table));
     });
+    return task->compaction_done.get_future().finally([task] {});
 }
 
 future<> compaction_manager::rewrite_sstables(replica::table* t, sstables::compaction_type_options options, get_candidates_func get_func, can_purge_tombstones can_purge) {
diff --git a/compaction/compaction_manager.hh b/compaction/compaction_manager.hh
index e9c19b70a0..fea2c78f8f 100644
--- a/compaction/compaction_manager.hh
+++ b/compaction/compaction_manager.hh
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public:
     void submit(replica::table* t);
 
     // Submit a table to be off-strategy compacted.
-    void submit_offstrategy(replica::table* t);
+    future<> perform_offstrategy(replica::table* t);
 
     // Submit a table to be cleaned up and wait for its termination.
     //
diff --git a/replica/database.hh b/replica/database.hh
index a802945ba4..cb8f6aac4e 100644
--- a/replica/database.hh
+++ b/replica/database.hh
@@ -889,7 +889,12 @@ public:
     void start_compaction();
     void trigger_compaction();
     void try_trigger_compaction() noexcept;
+    // Triggers offstrategy compaction, if needed, in the background.
     void trigger_offstrategy_compaction();
+    // Performs offstrategy compaction, if needed, returning
+    // a future<bool> that is resolved when offstrategy_compaction completes.
+    // The future value is true iff offstrategy compaction was required.
+    future<bool> perform_offstrategy_compaction();
     future<> run_offstrategy_compaction(sstables::compaction_data& info);
     void set_compaction_strategy(sstables::compaction_strategy_type strategy);
     const sstables::compaction_strategy& get_compaction_strategy() const {
diff --git a/replica/table.cc b/replica/table.cc
index 37555c20aa..df7e2ba60b 100644
--- a/replica/table.cc
+++ b/replica/table.cc
@@ -1027,12 +1027,26 @@ void table::do_trigger_compaction() {
 }
 
 void table::trigger_offstrategy_compaction() {
+    // Run in background.
+    // This is safe since the the compaction task is tracked
+    // by the compaction_manager until stop()
+    (void)perform_offstrategy_compaction().then_wrapped([this] (future<bool> f) {
+        if (f.failed()) {
+            auto ex = f.get_exception();
+            tlogger.warn("Offstrategy compaction of {}.{} failed: {}, ignoring", schema()->ks_name(), schema()->cf_name(), ex);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+future<bool> table::perform_offstrategy_compaction() {
     // If the user calls trigger_offstrategy_compaction() to trigger
     // off-strategy explicitly, cancel the timeout based automatic trigger.
     _off_strategy_trigger.cancel();
-    if (!_maintenance_sstables->all()->empty()) {
-        _compaction_manager.submit_offstrategy(this);
+    if (_maintenance_sstables->all()->empty()) {
+        co_return false;
     }
+    co_await _compaction_manager.perform_offstrategy(this);
+    co_return true;
 }
 
 future<> table::run_offstrategy_compaction(sstables::compaction_data& info) {
diff --git a/test/rest_api/test_storage_service.py b/test/rest_api/test_storage_service.py
index 05cedb40b2..164e0c8bc6 100644
--- a/test/rest_api/test_storage_service.py
+++ b/test/rest_api/test_storage_service.py
@@ -72,3 +72,26 @@ def test_storage_service_auto_compaction_tables(cql, this_dc, rest_api):
             assert resp.status_code == requests.codes.bad_request
 
     cql.execute(f"DROP KEYSPACE {keyspace}")
+
+def test_storage_service_keyspace_offstrategy_compaction(cql, this_dc, rest_api):
+    keyspace = new_keyspace(cql, this_dc)
+    with new_test_table(cql, keyspace, "a int, PRIMARY KEY (a)") as t0:
+        resp = rest_api.send("POST", f"storage_service/keyspace_offstrategy_compaction/{keyspace}")
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+
+    cql.execute(f"DROP KEYSPACE {keyspace}")
+
+def test_storage_service_keyspace_offstrategy_compaction_tables(cql, this_dc, rest_api):
+    keyspace = new_keyspace(cql, this_dc)
+    with new_test_table(cql, keyspace, "a int, PRIMARY KEY (a)") as t0:
+        with new_test_table(cql, keyspace, "a int, PRIMARY KEY (a)") as t1:
+            test_tables = [t0.split('.')[1], t1.split('.')[1]]
+
+            resp = rest_api.send("POST", f"storage_service/keyspace_offstrategy_compaction/{keyspace}", { "cf": f"{test_tables[0]},{test_tables[1]}" })
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+
+            # non-existing table
+            resp = rest_api.send("POST", f"storage_service/keyspace_offstrategy_compaction/{keyspace}", { "cf": f"{test_tables[0]},XXX" })
+            assert resp.status_code == requests.codes.bad_request
+
+    cql.execute(f"DROP KEYSPACE {keyspace}")