diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/HoodieRealtimeTableCompactor.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/HoodieRealtimeTableCompactor.java
index ae74a58f3..549034e3b 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/HoodieRealtimeTableCompactor.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/HoodieRealtimeTableCompactor.java
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ public class HoodieRealtimeTableCompactor implements HoodieCompactor {
         .getAllPartitionPaths(metaClient.getFs(), metaClient.getBasePath(),
             config.shouldAssumeDatePartitioning());
 
+    // filter the partition paths if needed to reduce list status
+    partitionPaths = config.getCompactionStrategy().filterPartitionPaths(config, partitionPaths);
+
     TableFileSystemView.RealtimeView fileSystemView = hoodieTable.getRTFileSystemView();
     log.info("Compaction looking for files to compact in " + partitionPaths + " partitions");
     List<HoodieCompactionOperation> operations =
diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/CompactionStrategy.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/CompactionStrategy.java
index d7444818c..3efc532a4 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/CompactionStrategy.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/CompactionStrategy.java
@@ -105,9 +105,19 @@ public abstract class CompactionStrategy implements Serializable {
    * @param pendingCompactionPlans Pending Compaction Plans for strategy to schedule next compaction plan
    * @return list of compactions to perform in this run
    */
-  protected List<HoodieCompactionOperation> orderAndFilter(HoodieWriteConfig writeConfig,
+  public List<HoodieCompactionOperation> orderAndFilter(HoodieWriteConfig writeConfig,
       List<HoodieCompactionOperation> operations,
       List<HoodieCompactionPlan> pendingCompactionPlans) {
     return operations;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Filter the partition paths based on compaction strategy
+   * @param writeConfig
+   * @param allPartitionPaths
+   * @return
+   */
+  public List<String> filterPartitionPaths(HoodieWriteConfig writeConfig, List<String> allPartitionPaths) {
+    return allPartitionPaths;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/DayBasedCompactionStrategy.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/DayBasedCompactionStrategy.java
index 3360feb78..ee4d9a5ac 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/DayBasedCompactionStrategy.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/compact/strategy/DayBasedCompactionStrategy.java
@@ -70,4 +70,12 @@ public class DayBasedCompactionStrategy extends CompactionStrategy {
         .collect(Collectors.toList());
     return filteredList;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<String> filterPartitionPaths(HoodieWriteConfig writeConfig, List<String> allPartitionPaths) {
+    List<String> filteredPartitionPaths = allPartitionPaths.stream().map(partition -> partition.replace("/", "-"))
+        .sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder()).map(partitionPath -> partitionPath.replace("-", "/"))
+        .collect(Collectors.toList()).subList(0, writeConfig.getTargetPartitionsPerDayBasedCompaction());
+    return filteredPartitionPaths;
+  }
 }
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