Abstract: A pressure-compensating directional control valve, for actuating hydraulic actuators, comprising at least one modular valve body, with one through receptacle for a slidable shuttle, a driving fluid delivery port connected to a pump, a discharge fluid port, a first output opening and a second output opening, connected to the first and second chamber, of a hydraulic actuator, at least one bridge for selective communication, by way of the shuttle, of the delivery port with the first or second chambers of the actuator, for actuation thereof, a unidirectional hydrostat connected to the bridge to draw selectively a pressure signal of the load of the actuator, the signal for adjusting selectively the delivery pressure of the pump so as to keep substantially constant the pressure drop between the delivery port and the actuator in any load condition.