diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/tests/BUILD b/src/v/kafka/server/tests/BUILD
index 7fdb923a29c45..1c10b268e0060 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/tests/BUILD
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/tests/BUILD
@@ -715,3 +715,22 @@ redpanda_cc_btest(
         "@seastar//:testing",
     ],
 )
+
+redpanda_cc_gtest(
+    name = "group_tx_compaction_test",
+    timeout = "moderate",
+    srcs = [
+        "group_tx_compaction_test.cc",
+    ],
+    cpu = 1,
+    deps = [
+        "//src/v/config",
+        "//src/v/kafka/server",
+        "//src/v/model/tests:random",
+        "//src/v/raft",
+        "//src/v/redpanda/tests:fixture_gtest",
+        "//src/v/test_utils:gtest",
+        "//src/v/test_utils:scoped_config",
+        "@googletest//:gtest",
+    ],
+)