diff --git a/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c b/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
index 22ec04ca3..cd410a480 100644
--- a/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
+++ b/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ struct tls_connection * tls_connection_init(void *ssl_ctx)
 	SSL_set_app_data(conn->ssl, conn);
 	SSL_set_options(conn->ssl,
 			SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3 |
-			SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE);
+			SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE | SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION);
 
 	conn->ssl_in = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
 	if (!conn->ssl_in) {