diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig
index 164159c702..fb7548676e 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ config SOC_INTEL_CSE_NPHY_CBFS_FILE
 	help
 	 CBFS path and file name for Intel CSE sub-partition NPHY binary
 
+config SOC_INTEL_CSE_LITE_COMPRESS_ME_RW
+	bool
+	default n
+	depends on SOC_INTEL_CSE_LITE_SKU
+	help
+	 Enable compression on Intel CSE CBFS RW blob
+
 if STITCH_ME_BIN
 
 config CSE_COMPONENTS_PATH
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Makefile.inc
index 11a489178e..472ae9550c 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Makefile.inc
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ cbfs-files-y += $(CSE_LITE_ME_RW)
 $(CSE_LITE_ME_RW)-file := $(CSE_RW_FILE)
 $(CSE_LITE_ME_RW)-name := $(CSE_LITE_ME_RW)
 $(CSE_LITE_ME_RW)-type := raw
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOC_INTEL_CSE_LITE_COMPRESS_ME_RW),y)
+$(CSE_LITE_ME_RW)-compression := LZMA
+endif
 
 $(obj)/cse_rw.version:
 	@echo '$(call strip_quotes,$(CONFIG_SOC_INTEL_CSE_RW_VERSION))' > $@