diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/datalake/datalake_verifier.py b/tests/rptest/tests/datalake/datalake_verifier.py
index 5ae1676394fc..1392fe6c0ce7 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/datalake/datalake_verifier.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/datalake/datalake_verifier.py
@@ -24,22 +24,24 @@
 
 class DatalakeVerifier():
     """
-     Verifier that does the verification of the data in the redpanda Iceberg table. 
-     The verifier consumes offsets from specified topic and verifies it the data 
+     Verifier that does the verification of the data in the redpanda Iceberg table.
+     The verifier consumes offsets from specified topic and verifies it the data
      in the iceberg table matches.
-     
-     The verifier runs two threads: 
-     - one of them consumes messages from the specified topic and buffers them in memory. 
+
+     The verifier runs two threads:
+     - one of them consumes messages from the specified topic and buffers them in memory.
        The semaphore is used to limit the number of messages buffered in memory.
-       
-     - second thread executes a per partition query that fetches the messages 
+
+     - second thread executes a per partition query that fetches the messages
        from the iceberg table
     """
 
     #TODO: add an ability to pass lambda to verify the message content
-    #TODO: add tolerance for compacted topics
-    def __init__(self, redpanda: RedpandaService, topic: str,
-                 query_engine: QueryEngineBase):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 redpanda: RedpandaService,
+                 topic: str,
+                 query_engine: QueryEngineBase,
+                 compacted: bool = False):
         self.redpanda = redpanda
         self.topic = topic
         self.logger = redpanda.logger
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ def __init__(self, redpanda: RedpandaService, topic: str,
         # map of last queried offset for each partition
         self._max_queried_offsets = {}
         self._last_checkpoint = {}
+        self._expected_compacted_keys = set()
+        self._compacted = compacted
 
     def create_consumer(self):
         c = Consumer({
@@ -139,13 +143,13 @@ def maybe_update_positions():
 
     def _get_query(self, partition, last_queried_offset, max_consumed_offset):
         return f"\
-        SELECT redpanda.offset FROM redpanda.{self._query.escape_identifier(self.topic)} \
+        SELECT redpanda.offset, redpanda.key FROM redpanda.{self._query.escape_identifier(self.topic)} \
         WHERE redpanda.partition={partition} \
         AND redpanda.offset>{last_queried_offset} \
         AND redpanda.offset<={max_consumed_offset} \
         ORDER BY redpanda.offset"
 
-    def _verify_next_message(self, partition, iceberg_offset):
+    def _verify_next_message(self, partition, iceberg_offset, iceberg_key):
         if partition not in self._consumed_messages:
             self._errors.append(
                 f"Partition {partition} returned from Iceberg query  not found in consumed messages"
@@ -156,7 +160,8 @@ def _verify_next_message(self, partition, iceberg_offset):
         if len(p_messages) == 0:
             return
 
-        consumer_offset = self._consumed_messages[partition][0].offset()
+        message = p_messages[0]
+        consumer_offset = message.offset()
         if iceberg_offset > consumer_offset:
             self._errors.append(
                 f"Offset from Iceberg table {iceberg_offset} is greater than next consumed offset {consumer_offset} for partition {partition}, most likely there is a gap in the table"
@@ -172,10 +177,19 @@ def _verify_next_message(self, partition, iceberg_offset):
         self._max_queried_offsets[partition] = iceberg_offset
 
         if consumer_offset != iceberg_offset:
-            self._errors.append(
-                f"Offset from iceberg table {iceberg_offset} for {partition} does not match the next consumed offset {consumer_offset}"
-            )
-            return
+            if self._compacted:
+                self._expected_compacted_keys.add(iceberg_key)
+                return
+            else:
+                self._errors.append(
+                    f"Offset from iceberg table {iceberg_offset} for {partition} does not match the next consumed offset {consumer_offset}"
+                )
+                return
+        else:
+            if self._compacted:
+                if iceberg_key in self._expected_compacted_keys:
+                    self._expected_compacted_keys.remove(iceberg_key)
+
         self._consumed_messages[partition].pop(0)
         self._msg_semaphore.release()
 
@@ -205,7 +219,7 @@ def _query_thread(self):
                     with self._query.run_query(query) as cursor:
                         with self._lock:
                             for row in cursor:
-                                self._verify_next_message(partition, row[0])
+                                self._verify_next_message(partition, *row)
                                 if len(self._errors) > 0:
                                     self.logger.error(
                                         f"violations detected: {self._errors}, stopping verifier"
@@ -287,3 +301,7 @@ def stop(self):
         self.logger.debug(f"queried offsets: {self._max_queried_offsets}")
 
         assert self._max_queried_offsets == self._max_consumed_offsets, "Mismatch between maximum offsets in topic vs iceberg table"
+
+        assert len(
+            self._expected_compacted_keys
+        ) == 0, f"Some keys which were compacted away were not seen later in the consumer's log"