diff --git a/jaxpm/kernels.py b/jaxpm/kernels.py
index 73a8c93..c3306c6 100644
--- a/jaxpm/kernels.py
+++ b/jaxpm/kernels.py
@@ -83,3 +83,18 @@ def longrange_kernel(kvec, r_split):
     return np.exp(-kk * r_split**2)
   else:
     return 1.
+
+def cic_compensation(kvec):
+  """
+  Computes cic compensation kernel.
+  Adapted from https://github.com/bccp/nbodykit/blob/a387cf429d8cb4a07bb19e3b4325ffdf279a131e/nbodykit/source/mesh/catalog.py#L499
+  Itself based on equation 18 (with p=2) of
+        `Jing et al 2005 <https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409240>`_
+  Args:
+    kvec: array of k values in Fourier space  
+  Returns:
+    v: array of kernel
+  """
+  kwts = [np.sinc(kvec[i] / (2 * np.pi)) for i in range(3)]
+  wts = (kwts[0] * kwts[1] * kwts[2])**(-2)
+  return wts
diff --git a/jaxpm/painting.py b/jaxpm/painting.py
index 6eb1925..27a1900 100644
--- a/jaxpm/painting.py
+++ b/jaxpm/painting.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 import jax.lax as lax
 
+from jaxpm.kernels import fftk, cic_compensation
+
 def cic_paint(mesh, positions):
   """ Paints positions onto mesh
   mesh: [nx, ny, nz]
@@ -49,3 +51,18 @@ def cic_read(mesh, positions):
   return (mesh[neighboor_coords[...,0], 
                neighboor_coords[...,1], 
                neighboor_coords[...,3]]*kernel).sum(axis=-1)
+
+def compensate_cic(field):
+  """
+  Compensate for CiC painting
+  Args:
+    field: input 3D cic-painted field
+  Returns:
+    compensated_field
+  """
+  nc = field.shape
+  kvec = fftk(nc)
+
+  delta_k = jnp.fft.rfftn(field)
+  delta_k = cic_compensation(kvec) * delta_k
+  return jnp.fft.irfftn(delta_k)
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