diff --git a/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb b/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
index 1d35efd..a7baf3f 100755
--- a/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
+++ b/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require "base64"
 require "msgpack"
 require "net/https"
+require "zlib"
 
 require "logtail/config"
 require "logtail/log_devices/http/flushable_dropping_sized_queue"
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ def verify_delivery!
 You can enable internal Logtail debug logging with the following:
 
 Logtail::Config.instance.debug_logger = ::Logger.new(STDOUT)
-MESSAGE
+            MESSAGE
           end
         end
 
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def verify_delivery!
 You can enable internal debug logging with the following:
 
 Logtail::Config.instance.debug_logger = ::Logger.new(STDOUT)
-MESSAGE
+        MESSAGE
       end
 
       private
@@ -205,8 +206,10 @@ def build_request(msgs)
           req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(path)
           req['Authorization'] = authorization_payload
           req['Content-Type'] = CONTENT_TYPE
+          req['Content-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
           req['User-Agent'] = USER_AGENT
-          req.body = msgs.map { |msg| force_utf8_encoding(msg.to_hash) }.to_msgpack
+          uncompressed = msgs.map { |msg| force_utf8_encoding(msg.to_hash) }.to_msgpack
+          req.body = Zlib::Deflate.deflate(uncompressed, Zlib::BEST_SPEED)
           req
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/logtail/version.rb b/lib/logtail/version.rb
index aeb497a..6a1ffaa 100755
--- a/lib/logtail/version.rb
+++ b/lib/logtail/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Logtail
-  VERSION = "0.1.15"
+  VERSION = "0.1.16"
 end
diff --git a/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb b/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb
index 95ed85e..fad540e 100755
--- a/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
       request_queue = http.instance_variable_get(:@request_queue)
       request_attempt = request_queue.deq
       expect(request_attempt.request).to be_kind_of(Net::HTTP::Post)
-      expect(request_attempt.request.body).to start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"))
+      decompressed_body = Zlib::Inflate.inflate(request_attempt.request.body)
+      expect(decompressed_body).to start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"))
 
       message_queue = http.instance_variable_get(:@msg_queue)
       expect(message_queue.size).to eq(0)
@@ -126,14 +127,16 @@
 
     it "should deliver requests on an interval" do
       stub = stub_request(:post, "https://in.logs.betterstack.com/").
-        with(
-          :body => start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT")),
-          :headers => {
-            'Authorization' => 'Bearer MYKEY',
-            'Content-Type' => 'application/msgpack',
-            'User-Agent' => "Logtail Ruby/#{Logtail::VERSION} (HTTP)"
-          }
-        ).
+        with do |request|
+        decompressed_body = Zlib::Inflate.inflate(request.body)
+        expect(decompressed_body).to start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"))
+
+        expect(request.headers['Authorization']).to eq('Bearer MYKEY')
+        expect(request.headers['Content-Type']).to eq('application/msgpack')
+        expect(request.headers['User-Agent']).to eq("Logtail Ruby/#{Logtail::VERSION} (HTTP)")
+
+        true
+      end.
         to_return(:status => 200, :body => "", :headers => {})
 
       http = described_class.new("MYKEY", flush_interval: 0.1)