diff --git a/compaction.go b/compaction.go
index 248476f2be..4fd0a903f3 100644
--- a/compaction.go
+++ b/compaction.go
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ const (
 	compactionKindRead
 	compactionKindRewrite
 	compactionKindIngestedFlushable
+	compactionKindBufferedFlush
 )
 
 func (k compactionKind) String() string {
@@ -1871,6 +1872,7 @@ func (d *DB) flush1() (bytesFlushed uint64, err error) {
 	var n, inputs int
 	var inputBytes uint64
 	var ingest bool
+	var bufferedFlush = true // TODO(aaditya): loop this into a config setting
 	for ; n < len(d.mu.mem.queue)-1; n++ {
 		if f, ok := d.mu.mem.queue[n].flushable.(*ingestedFlushable); ok {
 			if n == 0 {
@@ -1929,6 +1931,10 @@ func (d *DB) flush1() (bytesFlushed uint64, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+
+	if bufferedFlush && !ingest {
+		c.kind = compactionKindBufferedFlush
+	}
 	d.addInProgressCompaction(c)
 
 	jobID := d.mu.nextJobID
@@ -1943,7 +1949,16 @@ func (d *DB) flush1() (bytesFlushed uint64, err error) {
 
 	// Compactions always write directly to the database's object provider.
 	// Flushes may write to an in-memory object provider first.
-	var objCreator objectCreator = d.objProvider
+	var objCreator objectCreator
+	if c.kind == compactionKindBufferedFlush {
+		bufferedSSTs := &bufferedSSTables{}
+		// TODO(aaditya): pick a better size
+		bufferedSSTs.init(10)
+		objCreator = bufferedSSTs
+	} else {
+		objCreator = d.objProvider
+	}
+
 	var ve *manifest.VersionEdit
 	var pendingOutputs []physicalMeta
 	var stats compactStats
@@ -1960,6 +1975,27 @@ func (d *DB) flush1() (bytesFlushed uint64, err error) {
 	// TODO(aadityas,jackson): If the buffered output sstables are too small,
 	// avoid linking them into the version and just update the flushable queue
 	// appropriately.
+	if c.kind == compactionKindBufferedFlush {
+		var metas []*fileMetadata
+		var fileNums []base.DiskFileNum
+		for _, file := range ve.NewFiles {
+			metas = append(metas, file.Meta)
+			fileNums = append(fileNums, file.BackingFileNum)
+		}
+
+		bufferedSST := objCreator.(*bufferedSSTables)
+		if bufferedSST.size < d.opts.MemTableSize /* TODO(aaditya): does this make sense? */ {
+			var f flushable
+			f, err = newFlushableBufferedSSTables(d.opts.Comparer, metas, sstable.ReaderOptions{}, bufferedSST)
+			fe := d.newFlushableEntry(f, fileNums[0], 0 /* TODO(aaditya): figure out what to put here */)
+			remaining := d.mu.mem.queue[n : len(d.mu.mem.queue)-2]
+			mutable := d.mu.mem.queue[len(d.mu.mem.queue)-1]
+			d.mu.mem.queue = append(remaining, fe, mutable)
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		// else convert to objProvider and write to disk
+	}
 
 	// Acquire logLock. This will be released either on an error, by way of
 	// logUnlock, or through a call to logAndApply if there is no error.
diff --git a/flushable.go b/flushable.go
index c02e94087c..264cdf035e 100644
--- a/flushable.go
+++ b/flushable.go
@@ -554,6 +554,8 @@ type bufferedSSTables struct {
 	currFileNum base.DiskFileNum
 	// finished holds the set of previously written and finished sstables.
 	finished []bufferedSSTable
+	// cumulative size of the finished buffers
+	size uint64
 	// objectIsOpen is true if the bufferedSSTables is currently being used as a
 	// Writable.
 	objectIsOpen bool
@@ -630,6 +632,7 @@ func (b *bufferedSSTables) Remove(fileType base.FileType, FileNum base.DiskFileN
 
 // Sync implements the objectCreator interface.
 func (b *bufferedSSTables) Sync() error {
+	// BufferedSSTs store their data in memory and do not need to sync.
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -640,7 +643,7 @@ func (b *bufferedSSTables) Sync() error {
 // written by the flush.
 var _ objstorage.Writable = (*bufferedSSTables)(nil)
 
-// Finish implements objstorage.Writable.
+// Write implements objstorage.Writable.
 func (b *bufferedSSTables) Write(p []byte) error {
 	_, err := b.curr.Write(p)
 	b.curr.Reset()
@@ -656,6 +659,7 @@ func (b *bufferedSSTables) Finish() error {
 		fileNum: b.currFileNum,
 		buf:     slices.Clone(b.curr.Bytes()),
 	})
+	b.size += uint64(b.curr.Len())
 	b.curr.Reset()
 	b.objectIsOpen = false
 	return nil
diff --git a/table_cache.go b/table_cache.go
index 14f2492e1c..a7f6145256 100644
--- a/table_cache.go
+++ b/table_cache.go
@@ -1180,6 +1180,7 @@ type loadInfo struct {
 }
 
 func (v *tableCacheValue) load(loadInfo loadInfo, c *tableCacheShard, dbOpts *tableCacheOpts) {
+	// TODO(aaditya): Example of creating iter for SST
 	// Try opening the file first.
 	var f objstorage.Readable
 	var err error