diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e15632421fb..e2ac5d598e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 * [FEATURE] Added the flag `-alertmanager.api-concurrency` to configure alert manager api concurrency limit. #5412
 * [FEATURE] Store Gateway: Add `-store-gateway.sharding-ring.keep-instance-in-the-ring-on-shutdown` to skip unregistering instance from the ring in shutdown. #5421
 * [FEATURE] Ruler: Support for filtering rules in the API. #5417
+* [FEATURE] Compactor: Add `-compactor.ring.tokens-file-path` to store generated tokens locally. #5432
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Distributor/Ingester: Add span on push path #5319
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Support object storage backends for runtime configuration file. #5292
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Query Frontend: Reject subquery with too small step size. #5323
diff --git a/docs/blocks-storage/compactor.md b/docs/blocks-storage/compactor.md
index cdc1c02faf1..5d0bb5b4cf2 100644
--- a/docs/blocks-storage/compactor.md
+++ b/docs/blocks-storage/compactor.md
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ compactor:
     # CLI flag: -compactor.ring.instance-interface-names
     [instance_interface_names: <list of string> | default = [eth0 en0]]
 
+    # File path where tokens are stored. If empty, tokens are not stored at
+    # shutdown and restored at startup.
+    # CLI flag: -compactor.ring.tokens-file-path
+    [tokens_file_path: <string> | default = ""]
+
     # Timeout for waiting on compactor to become ACTIVE in the ring.
     # CLI flag: -compactor.ring.wait-active-instance-timeout
     [wait_active_instance_timeout: <duration> | default = 10m]
diff --git a/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md b/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
index b2ea9f086c1..c4b9eee50ba 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
@@ -1942,6 +1942,11 @@ sharding_ring:
   # CLI flag: -compactor.ring.instance-interface-names
   [instance_interface_names: <list of string> | default = [eth0 en0]]
 
+  # File path where tokens are stored. If empty, tokens are not stored at
+  # shutdown and restored at startup.
+  # CLI flag: -compactor.ring.tokens-file-path
+  [tokens_file_path: <string> | default = ""]
+
   # Timeout for waiting on compactor to become ACTIVE in the ring.
   # CLI flag: -compactor.ring.wait-active-instance-timeout
   [wait_active_instance_timeout: <duration> | default = 10m]
diff --git a/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring.go b/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring.go
index c6ba61b29fa..10077408dd0 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type RingConfig struct {
 	InstanceInterfaceNames []string `yaml:"instance_interface_names"`
 	InstancePort           int      `yaml:"instance_port" doc:"hidden"`
 	InstanceAddr           string   `yaml:"instance_addr" doc:"hidden"`
+	TokensFilePath         string   `yaml:"tokens_file_path"`
 
 	// Injected internally
 	ListenPort int `yaml:"-"`
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func (cfg *RingConfig) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceAddr, "compactor.ring.instance-addr", "", "IP address to advertise in the ring.")
 	f.IntVar(&cfg.InstancePort, "compactor.ring.instance-port", 0, "Port to advertise in the ring (defaults to server.grpc-listen-port).")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceID, "compactor.ring.instance-id", hostname, "Instance ID to register in the ring.")
+	f.StringVar(&cfg.TokensFilePath, "compactor.ring.tokens-file-path", "", "File path where tokens are stored. If empty, tokens are not stored at shutdown and restored at startup.")
 
 	// Timeout durations
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.WaitActiveInstanceTimeout, "compactor.ring.wait-active-instance-timeout", 10*time.Minute, "Timeout for waiting on compactor to become ACTIVE in the ring.")
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ func (cfg *RingConfig) ToLifecyclerConfig() ring.LifecyclerConfig {
 	lc.JoinAfter = 0
 	lc.MinReadyDuration = 0
 	lc.FinalSleep = 0
+	lc.TokensFilePath = cfg.TokensFilePath
 
 	// We use a safe default instead of exposing to config option to the user
 	// in order to simplify the config.
diff --git a/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring_test.go b/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring_test.go
index 0519367c04a..25e99316144 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/compactor_ring_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func TestRingConfig_CustomConfigToLifecyclerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.InstancePort = 10
 	cfg.InstanceAddr = "1.2.3.4"
 	cfg.ListenPort = 10
+	cfg.TokensFilePath = "testFilePath"
 
 	// The lifecycler config should be generated based upon the compactor
 	// ring config
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func TestRingConfig_CustomConfigToLifecyclerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	expected.Port = cfg.InstancePort
 	expected.Addr = cfg.InstanceAddr
 	expected.ListenPort = cfg.ListenPort
+	expected.TokensFilePath = cfg.TokensFilePath
 
 	// Hardcoded config
 	expected.RingConfig.ReplicationFactor = 1