diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index cbc727d49..9c518842b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
 
 ### FEATURES
 
+- [cli] [\#8675] Add command to force compact goleveldb databases (@cmwaters)
+
 ### IMPROVEMENTS
 
 ### BUG FIXES
diff --git a/cmd/tendermint/commands/compact.go b/cmd/tendermint/commands/compact.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..591788e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/tendermint/commands/compact.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb"
+	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/opt"
+	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/util"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+)
+
+func MakeCompactDBCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "experimental-compact-goleveldb",
+		Short: "force compacts the tendermint storage engine (only GoLevelDB supported)",
+		Long: `
+This is a temporary utility command that performs a force compaction on the state 
+and blockstores to reduce disk space for a pruning node. This should only be run 
+once the node has stopped. This command will likely be omitted in the future after
+the planned refactor to the storage engine.
+
+Currently, only GoLevelDB is supported.
+	`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if config.DBBackend != "goleveldb" {
+				return errors.New("compaction is currently only supported with goleveldb")
+			}
+
+			compactGoLevelDBs(config.RootDir, logger)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func compactGoLevelDBs(rootDir string, logger log.Logger) {
+	dbNames := []string{"state", "blockstore"}
+	o := &opt.Options{
+		DisableSeeksCompaction: true,
+	}
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+
+	for _, dbName := range dbNames {
+		dbName := dbName
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			dbPath := filepath.Join(rootDir, "data", dbName+".db")
+			store, err := leveldb.OpenFile(dbPath, o)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Error("failed to initialize tendermint db", "path", dbPath, "err", err)
+				return
+			}
+			defer store.Close()
+
+			logger.Info("starting compaction...", "db", dbPath)
+
+			err = store.CompactRange(util.Range{Start: nil, Limit: nil})
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Error("failed to compact tendermint db", "path", dbPath, "err", err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/cmd/tendermint/main.go b/cmd/tendermint/main.go
index b0ca549e5..0aea8567c 100644
--- a/cmd/tendermint/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tendermint/main.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func main() {
 		cmd.InspectCmd,
 		cmd.RollbackStateCmd,
 		cmd.MakeKeyMigrateCommand(),
+		cmd.MakeCompactDBCommand(),
 		debug.DebugCmd,
 		cli.NewCompletionCmd(rootCmd, true),
 	)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a72269ebc..282818d4b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
+	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20200815110645-5c35d600f0ca
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.6
 	github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.13.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220525230936-793ad666bf5e