diff --git oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMap.java oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMap.java
index e837754..5f957f3 100644
--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMap.java
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMap.java
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ import java.util.UUID;
  */
 public class CompactionMap {
 
-    private final int compressInterval;
+    private static final int COMPRESS_INTERVAL = Integer.getInteger("compress-interval", 100000);
+
     private final SegmentTracker tracker;
 
     private Map<RecordId, RecordId> recent = newHashMap();
@@ -87,8 +88,7 @@ public class CompactionMap {
 
     private CompactionMap prev;
 
-    CompactionMap(int compressInterval, SegmentTracker tracker) {
-        this.compressInterval = compressInterval;
+    CompactionMap(SegmentTracker tracker) {
         this.tracker = tracker;
     }
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class CompactionMap {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
         recent.put(before, after);
-        if (recent.size() >= compressInterval) {
+        if (recent.size() >= COMPRESS_INTERVAL) {
             compress();
         }
     }
diff --git oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/Compactor.java oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/Compactor.java
index 81dc30e..375d435 100644
--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/Compactor.java
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/Compactor.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class Compactor {
 
     public Compactor(SegmentWriter writer, boolean cloneBinaries) {
         this.writer = writer;
-        this.map = new CompactionMap(100000, writer.getTracker());
+        this.map = new CompactionMap(writer.getTracker());
         this.cloneBinaries = cloneBinaries;
     }
 
diff --git oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentTracker.java oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentTracker.java
index 243f796..b50f66a 100644
--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentTracker.java
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentTracker.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class SegmentTracker {
         this.writer = new SegmentWriter(store, this, version);
         this.cacheSize = cacheSizeMB * MB;
         this.compactionMap = new AtomicReference<CompactionMap>(
-                new CompactionMap(1, this));
+                new CompactionMap(this));
     }
 
     public SegmentTracker(SegmentStore store, SegmentVersion version) {
diff --git oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMapTest.java oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMapTest.java
index bc05993..517c3fd 100644
--- oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMapTest.java
+++ oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/CompactionMapTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class CompactionMapTest {
         System.out.println((runtime.totalMemory() - runtime.freeMemory()) / (1024 * 1024));
 
         SegmentTracker factory = new MemoryStore().getTracker();
-        CompactionMap map = new CompactionMap(100000, factory);
+        CompactionMap map = new CompactionMap(factory);
         for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
             if (i % 1000 == 0) {
                 System.gc();
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ public class CompactionMapTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testCompactionMap() {
-        int maxSegments = 1000;
+        int maxSegments = 100000;
         int maxEntriesPerSegment = 10;
         int seed = new Random().nextInt();
         Random r = new Random(seed);
 
         SegmentTracker factory = new MemoryStore().getTracker();
-        CompactionMap map = new CompactionMap(r.nextInt(maxSegments / 2), factory);
+        CompactionMap map = new CompactionMap(factory);
         Map<RecordId, RecordId> entries = newHashMap();
 
         int segments = r.nextInt(maxSegments);