diff --git a/AddressBook.cpp b/AddressBook.cpp
index 6570e172..ca96882e 100644
--- a/AddressBook.cpp
+++ b/AddressBook.cpp
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ namespace client
 				        << "Host: " << u.host_ << "\r\n"
 				        << "Accept: */*\r\n"
 				        << "User-Agent: Wget/1.11.4\r\n"
+						//<< "Accept-Encoding: gzip\r\n"
 				        << "Connection: close\r\n";
 				if (m_Etag.length () > 0) // etag
 					request << i2p::util::http::IF_NONE_MATCH << ": \"" << m_Etag << "\"\r\n";
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@ namespace client
 				response >> status; // status
 				if (status == 200) // OK
 				{
-					bool isChunked = false;
+					bool isChunked = false, isGzip = false;
 					std::string header, statusMessage;
 					std::getline (response, statusMessage);
 					// read until new line meaning end of header
@@ -563,6 +564,8 @@ namespace client
 								m_LastModified = header.substr (colon + 1);
 							else if (field == i2p::util::http::TRANSFER_ENCODING)
 								isChunked = !header.compare (colon + 1, std::string::npos, "chunked");
+							else if (field == i2p::util::http::CONTENT_ENCODING)
+								isGzip = !header.compare (colon + 1, std::string::npos, "gzip");
 						}	
 					}
 					LogPrint (eLogInfo, "Addressbook: ", m_Link, " ETag: ", m_Etag, " Last-Modified: ", m_LastModified);
@@ -570,13 +573,13 @@ namespace client
 					{
 						success = true;
 						if (!isChunked)
-							m_Book.LoadHostsFromStream (response);
+							success = ProcessResponse (response, isGzip);
 						else
 						{
 							// merge chunks
 							std::stringstream merged;
 							i2p::util::http::MergeChunkedResponse (response, merged);
-							m_Book.LoadHostsFromStream (merged);
+							success = ProcessResponse (merged, isGzip);
 						}	
 					}	
 				}
@@ -599,6 +602,23 @@ namespace client
 
 		m_Book.DownloadComplete (success);
 	}
+
+	bool AddressBookSubscription::ProcessResponse (std::stringstream& s, bool isGzip)
+	{
+		if (isGzip)
+		{
+			std::stringstream uncompressed;
+			i2p::data::GzipInflator inflator;
+			inflator.Inflate (s, uncompressed);
+			if (!uncompressed.fail ())
+				m_Book.LoadHostsFromStream (uncompressed);
+			else
+				return false;
+		}	
+		else
+			m_Book.LoadHostsFromStream (s);
+		return true;	
+	}
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/AddressBook.h b/AddressBook.h
index f5f5270e..19d8744c 100644
--- a/AddressBook.h
+++ b/AddressBook.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ namespace client
 		private:
 
 			void Request ();
+			bool ProcessResponse (std::stringstream& s, bool isGzip = false);
 		
 		private:
 
diff --git a/Base.cpp b/Base.cpp
index 1479d62f..813b8dfa 100644
--- a/Base.cpp
+++ b/Base.cpp
@@ -302,6 +302,38 @@ namespace data
 		}	
 	}	
 
+	bool GzipInflator::Inflate (const uint8_t * in, size_t inLen, std::ostream& s)
+	{
+		m_IsDirty = true;
+		uint8_t * out = new uint8_t[GZIP_CHUNK_SIZE];
+		m_Inflator.next_in = const_cast<uint8_t *>(in);
+		m_Inflator.avail_in = inLen;	
+		int ret;
+		do
+		{
+			m_Inflator.next_out = out;
+			m_Inflator.avail_out = GZIP_CHUNK_SIZE;
+			ret = inflate (&m_Inflator, Z_NO_FLUSH);
+			if (ret < 0)
+			{
+				LogPrint (eLogError, "Decompression error ", ret);
+				inflateEnd (&m_Inflator);
+				s.setstate(std::ios_base::failbit);
+				break;
+			}	
+			else
+				s.write ((char *)out, GZIP_CHUNK_SIZE - m_Inflator.avail_out);
+		}
+		while (!m_Inflator.avail_out); // more data to read
+		delete[] out;
+		return ret == Z_STREAM_END || ret < 0;
+	}
+
+	void GzipInflator::Inflate (const std::stringstream& in, std::ostream& out)
+	{
+		Inflate ((const uint8_t *)in.str ().c_str (), in.str ().length (), out); 
+	}
+
 	GzipDeflator::GzipDeflator (): m_IsDirty (false)
 	{
 		memset (&m_Deflator, 0, sizeof (m_Deflator));
diff --git a/Base.h b/Base.h
index d598542b..b5ac04c3 100644
--- a/Base.h
+++ b/Base.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <zlib.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace i2p
 {
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ namespace data
 			};		
 	};
 
+	const size_t GZIP_CHUNK_SIZE = 16384;
 	class GzipInflator
 	{
 		public:
@@ -100,7 +103,10 @@ namespace data
 			~GzipInflator ();
 
 			size_t Inflate (const uint8_t * in, size_t inLen, uint8_t * out, size_t outLen);
-			
+			bool Inflate (const uint8_t * in, size_t inLen, std::ostream& s); 
+			// return true when finshed or error, s failbit will be set in case of error
+			void Inflate (const std::stringstream& in, std::ostream& out); 			
+
 		private:
 
 			z_stream m_Inflator;
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index 0377ef8d..15765f37 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace util
 		const char IF_MODIFIED_SINCE[] = "If-Modified-Since";
 		const char LAST_MODIFIED[] = "Last-Modified";
 		const char TRANSFER_ENCODING[] = "Transfer-Encoding";
+		const char CONTENT_ENCODING[] = "Content-Encoding";
 
 		std::string GetHttpContent (std::istream& response);
 		void MergeChunkedResponse (std::istream& response, std::ostream& merged);