diff --git a/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs b/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs
index 8c2bbcb..acf5d28 100644
--- a/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -3870,6 +3870,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
         compact: bool,
     ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         match output_format {
+            CliOutputFormat::Json if compact => self.run_prompt_compact_json(input),
             CliOutputFormat::Text if compact => self.run_prompt_compact(input),
             CliOutputFormat::Text => self.run_turn(input),
             CliOutputFormat::Json => self.run_prompt_json(input),
@@ -3889,6 +3890,32 @@ impl LiveCli {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+
+    fn run_prompt_compact_json(&mut self, input: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let (mut runtime, hook_abort_monitor) = self.prepare_turn_runtime(false)?;
+        let mut permission_prompter = CliPermissionPrompter::new(self.permission_mode);
+        let result = runtime.run_turn(input, Some(&mut permission_prompter));
+        hook_abort_monitor.stop();
+        let summary = result?;
+        self.replace_runtime(runtime)?;
+        self.persist_session()?;
+        println!(
+            "{}",
+            json!({
+                "message": final_assistant_text(&summary),
+                "compact": true,
+                "model": self.model,
+                "usage": {
+                    "input_tokens": summary.usage.input_tokens,
+                    "output_tokens": summary.usage.output_tokens,
+                    "cache_creation_input_tokens": summary.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens,
+                    "cache_read_input_tokens": summary.usage.cache_read_input_tokens,
+                },
+            })
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn run_prompt_json(&mut self, input: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let (mut runtime, hook_abort_monitor) = self.prepare_turn_runtime(false)?;
         let mut permission_prompter = CliPermissionPrompter::new(self.permission_mode);
diff --git a/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/tests/compact_output.rs b/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/tests/compact_output.rs
index 456862f..1472044 100644
--- a/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/tests/compact_output.rs
+++ b/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/tests/compact_output.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use mock_anthropic_service::{MockAnthropicService, SCENARIO_PREFIX};
+use serde_json::Value;
 
 static TEMP_COUNTER: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
 
@@ -125,6 +126,60 @@ fn compact_flag_streaming_text_only_emits_final_message_text() {
     fs::remove_dir_all(&workspace).expect("workspace cleanup should succeed");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn compact_flag_with_json_output_emits_structured_json() {
+    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().expect("tokio runtime should build");
+    let server = runtime
+        .block_on(MockAnthropicService::spawn())
+        .expect("mock service should start");
+    let base_url = server.base_url();
+
+    let workspace = unique_temp_dir("compact-json");
+    let config_home = workspace.join("config-home");
+    let home = workspace.join("home");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&workspace).expect("workspace should exist");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&config_home).expect("config home should exist");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&home).expect("home should exist");
+
+    let prompt = format!("{SCENARIO_PREFIX}streaming_text");
+    let output = run_claw(
+        &workspace,
+        &config_home,
+        &home,
+        &base_url,
+        &[
+            "--model",
+            "sonnet",
+            "--permission-mode",
+            "read-only",
+            "--output-format",
+            "json",
+            "--compact",
+            &prompt,
+        ],
+    );
+
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "compact json run should succeed
+stdout:
+{}
+
+stderr:
+{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+    );
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).expect("stdout should be utf8");
+    let parsed: Value = serde_json::from_str(&stdout).expect("compact json stdout should parse");
+    assert_eq!(parsed["message"], "Mock streaming says hello from the parity harness.");
+    assert_eq!(parsed["compact"], true);
+    assert_eq!(parsed["model"], "claude-sonnet-4-6");
+    assert!(parsed["usage"].is_object());
+
+    fs::remove_dir_all(&workspace).expect("workspace cleanup should succeed");
+}
+
 fn run_claw(
     cwd: &std::path::Path,
     config_home: &std::path::Path,