diff --git a/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferResult.java b/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferResult.java
index c5166f3f0..258e9533d 100644
--- a/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferResult.java
+++ b/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferResult.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.http.Header;
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
@@ -77,6 +79,17 @@ public InferResult(HttpResponse resp) throws IOException, InferenceException
     Preconditions.checkState(
         entity != null, "Get null entity from HTTP response.");
     InputStream stream = entity.getContent();
+    
+    // Check for response compression and decompress if needed
+    Header contentEncodingHeader = resp.getFirstHeader("Content-Encoding");
+    if (contentEncodingHeader != null) {
+      String encoding = contentEncodingHeader.getValue().toLowerCase();
+      if ("gzip".equals(encoding)) {
+        stream = new GZIPInputStream(stream);
+      } else if ("deflate".equals(encoding)) {
+        stream = new InflaterInputStream(stream);
+      }
+    }
 
     int httpCode = resp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
     if (httpCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
diff --git a/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferenceServerClient.java b/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferenceServerClient.java
index cabd62105..693b95cd6 100644
--- a/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferenceServerClient.java
+++ b/src/java/src/main/java/triton/client/InferenceServerClient.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
+import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -340,6 +342,27 @@ private HttpPost createHttpPost(
           "Inference-Header-Content-Length", String.valueOf(jsonBytes.length));
     }
 
+    // Apply request compression if specified
+    byte[] finalRequestBody = bodyBytes.toByteArray();
+    if (arg.requestCompressionAlgorithm != null) {
+      if ("gzip".equalsIgnoreCase(arg.requestCompressionAlgorithm)) {
+        finalRequestBody = compressGzip(finalRequestBody);
+        arg.headers.put("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
+      } else if ("deflate".equalsIgnoreCase(arg.requestCompressionAlgorithm)) {
+        finalRequestBody = compressDeflate(finalRequestBody);
+        arg.headers.put("Content-Encoding", "deflate");
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Set response compression header if specified
+    if (arg.responseCompressionAlgorithm != null) {
+      if ("gzip".equalsIgnoreCase(arg.responseCompressionAlgorithm)) {
+        arg.headers.put("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
+      } else if ("deflate".equalsIgnoreCase(arg.responseCompressionAlgorithm)) {
+        arg.headers.put("Accept-Encoding", "deflate");
+      }
+    }
+
     // Create target URI.
     URIBuilder ub = new URIBuilder(this.getUrl());
     String safeModelName =
@@ -356,7 +379,7 @@ private HttpPost createHttpPost(
     // Crete HttpPost, uri, body and headers.
     HttpPost post = new HttpPost(ub.build());
     arg.headers.forEach(post::setHeader);
-    post.setEntity(new NByteArrayEntity(bodyBytes.toByteArray()));
+    post.setEntity(new NByteArrayEntity(finalRequestBody));
     return post;
   }
 
@@ -365,6 +388,24 @@ private String getUrl() throws Exception
     return "http://" + this.endpoint.getEndpoint();
   }
 
+  private byte[] compressGzip(byte[] data) throws IOException
+  {
+    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try (GZIPOutputStream gzipOut = new GZIPOutputStream(baos)) {
+      gzipOut.write(data);
+    }
+    return baos.toByteArray();
+  }
+
+  private byte[] compressDeflate(byte[] data) throws IOException
+  {
+    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try (DeflaterOutputStream deflateOut = new DeflaterOutputStream(baos)) {
+      deflateOut.write(data);
+    }
+    return baos.toByteArray();
+  }
+
   public InferResult infer(
       String modelName, List<InferInput> inputs,
       List<InferRequestedOutput> outputs) throws InferenceException
@@ -387,6 +428,8 @@ public static class InferArguments {
     int timeout = -1;
     Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
     Map<String, String> queryParams = new HashMap<>();
+    String requestCompressionAlgorithm = null;
+    String responseCompressionAlgorithm = null;
 
     public InferArguments(
         String modelName, List<InferInput> inputs,
@@ -464,5 +507,17 @@ public InferArguments addQueryParam(String key, String value)
       this.queryParams.put(key, value);
       return this;
     }
+
+    public InferArguments setRequestCompressionAlgorithm(String algorithm)
+    {
+      this.requestCompressionAlgorithm = algorithm;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public InferArguments setResponseCompressionAlgorithm(String algorithm)
+    {
+      this.responseCompressionAlgorithm = algorithm;
+      return this;
+    }
   }
 }