diff --git a/deepmd/dpmodel/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py b/deepmd/dpmodel/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py
index aefdbf7f1c..a4bffe508d 100644
--- a/deepmd/dpmodel/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py
+++ b/deepmd/dpmodel/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py
@@ -425,3 +425,14 @@ def is_aparam_nall(self) -> bool:
         If False, the shape is (nframes, nloc, ndim).
         """
         return False
+
+    def enable_compression(
+        self,
+        min_nbor_dist: float,
+        table_extrapolate: float = 5,
+        table_stride_1: float = 0.01,
+        table_stride_2: float = 0.1,
+        check_frequency: int = -1,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Pairtab model does not support compression."""
+        pass
diff --git a/deepmd/pt/model/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py b/deepmd/pt/model/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py
index c535808d83..0d3b2c0c41 100644
--- a/deepmd/pt/model/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py
+++ b/deepmd/pt/model/atomic_model/pairtab_atomic_model.py
@@ -484,3 +484,14 @@ def is_aparam_nall(self) -> bool:
         If False, the shape is (nframes, nloc, ndim).
         """
         return False
+
+    def enable_compression(
+        self,
+        min_nbor_dist: float,
+        table_extrapolate: float = 5,
+        table_stride_1: float = 0.01,
+        table_stride_2: float = 0.1,
+        check_frequency: int = -1,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Pairtab model does not support compression."""
+        pass