diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecService.java
index 63a32d5d3ca5f..58bc262508d2a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecService.java
@@ -72,15 +72,19 @@ public CodecService(@Nullable MapperService mapperService, IndexSettings indexSe
         }
         if (mapperService == null) {
             codecs.put(CodecType.DEFAULT.getName(), new Lucene95Codec());
+            codecs.put(CodecType.LZ4.getName(), new Lucene95Codec());
             codecs.put(CodecType.BEST_COMPRESSION.getName(), new Lucene95Codec(Mode.BEST_COMPRESSION));
+            codecs.put(CodecType.ZLIB.getName(), new Lucene95Codec(Mode.BEST_COMPRESSION));
             codecs.put(CodecType.ZSTD.getName(), new ZstdCodec(compressionLevel));
             codecs.put(CodecType.ZSTD_NO_DICT.getName(), new ZstdNoDictCodec(compressionLevel));
         } else {
             codecs.put(CodecType.DEFAULT.getName(), new PerFieldMappingPostingFormatCodec(Mode.BEST_SPEED, mapperService, logger));
+            codecs.put(CodecType.LZ4.getName(), new PerFieldMappingPostingFormatCodec(Mode.BEST_SPEED, mapperService, logger));
             codecs.put(
                 CodecType.BEST_COMPRESSION.getName(),
                 new PerFieldMappingPostingFormatCodec(Mode.BEST_COMPRESSION, mapperService, logger)
             );
+            codecs.put(CodecType.ZLIB.getName(), new PerFieldMappingPostingFormatCodec(Mode.BEST_COMPRESSION, mapperService, logger));
             codecs.put(CodecType.ZSTD.getName(), new ZstdCodec(mapperService, logger, compressionLevel));
             codecs.put(CodecType.ZSTD_NO_DICT.getName(), new ZstdNoDictCodec(mapperService, logger, compressionLevel));
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecType.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecType.java
index e4ddb97b00def..77be9482192a7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecType.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/CodecType.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 public enum CodecType {
 
     DEFAULT("default", Set.of()),
+    LZ4("lz4", Set.of()),
     BEST_COMPRESSION("best_compression", Set.of()),
+    ZLIB("zlib", Set.of()),
     ZSTD("zstd", Set.of(EngineConfig.INDEX_CODEC_COMPRESSION_LEVEL_SETTING)),
     ZSTD_NO_DICT("zstd_no_dict", Set.of(EngineConfig.INDEX_CODEC_COMPRESSION_LEVEL_SETTING)),
     /**
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
index c4f20049e0721..11ccc00c10567 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ public Supplier<RetentionLeases> retentionLeasesSupplier() {
     public static final Setting<String> INDEX_CODEC_SETTING = new Setting<>("index.codec", "lz4", s -> {
         switch (s) {
             case "lz4":
+            case "default":
+            case "best_compression":
             case "zlib":
             case "zstd":
             case "zstd_no_dict":
@@ -139,7 +141,8 @@ public Supplier<RetentionLeases> retentionLeasesSupplier() {
             default:
                 if (Codec.availableCodecs().contains(s) == false) { // we don't error message the not officially supported ones
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                        "unknown value for [index.codec] must be one of [lz4, zlib, zstd, zstd_no_dict] but was: " + s
+                        "unknown value for [index.codec] must be one of [default, best_compression, lz4, zlib, zstd, zstd_no_dict] but was: "
+                            + s
                     );
                 }
                 return s;