diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8e1c01..df972e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## master / unreleased
+* [CHANGE] Enable shuffle sharding in compactors
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Configure `-ingester.client.grpc-compression` to be `snappy-block`
 
 ## 1.16.1
diff --git a/cortex/compactor.libsonnet b/cortex/compactor.libsonnet
index d12d5de..65c10c8 100644
--- a/cortex/compactor.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex/compactor.libsonnet
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
       // Enable sharding.
       'compactor.sharding-enabled': true,
+      'compactor.sharding-strategy': 'shuffle-sharding',
+      'compactor.tenant-shard-size': 1,
       'compactor.ring.store': 'consul',
       'compactor.ring.consul.hostname': 'consul.%s.svc.cluster.local:8500' % $._config.namespace,
       'compactor.ring.prefix': '',