diff --git a/cmd/api-router.go b/cmd/api-router.go
index 19baacbd3..537089e88 100644
--- a/cmd/api-router.go
+++ b/cmd/api-router.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func registerAPIRouter(router *mux.Router) {
 			collectAPIStats("getobjectlegalhold", maxClients(gz(httpTraceAll(api.GetObjectLegalHoldHandler))))).Queries("legal-hold", "")
 		// GetObject - note gzip compression is *not* added due to Range requests.
 		router.Methods(http.MethodGet).Path("/{object:.+}").HandlerFunc(
-			collectAPIStats("getobject", maxClients(httpTraceHdrs(api.GetObjectHandler))))
+			collectAPIStats("getobject", maxClients(gz(httpTraceHdrs(api.GetObjectHandler)))))
 		// CopyObject
 		router.Methods(http.MethodPut).Path("/{object:.+}").HeadersRegexp(xhttp.AmzCopySource, ".*?(\\/|%2F).*?").HandlerFunc(
 			collectAPIStats("copyobject", maxClients(gz(httpTraceAll(api.CopyObjectHandler)))))
diff --git a/cmd/handler-api.go b/cmd/handler-api.go
index 22b6015be..ac8756b88 100644
--- a/cmd/handler-api.go
+++ b/cmd/handler-api.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type apiConfig struct {
 	staleUploadsCleanupInterval time.Duration
 	deleteCleanupInterval       time.Duration
 	disableODirect              bool
+	gzipObjects                 bool
 }
 
 const cgroupLimitFile = "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes"
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ func (t *apiConfig) init(cfg api.Config, setDriveCounts []int) {
 	t.staleUploadsCleanupInterval = cfg.StaleUploadsCleanupInterval
 	t.deleteCleanupInterval = cfg.DeleteCleanupInterval
 	t.disableODirect = cfg.DisableODirect
+	t.gzipObjects = cfg.GzipObjects
 }
 
 func (t *apiConfig) isDisableODirect() bool {
@@ -161,6 +163,13 @@ func (t *apiConfig) isDisableODirect() bool {
 	return t.disableODirect
 }
 
+func (t *apiConfig) shouldGzipObjects() bool {
+	t.mu.RLock()
+	defer t.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	return t.gzipObjects
+}
+
 func (t *apiConfig) getListQuorum() int {
 	t.mu.RLock()
 	defer t.mu.RUnlock()
diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index 1efa2db20..29e4290b5 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzhttp"
 	miniogo "github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/credentials"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/encrypt"
@@ -568,6 +569,9 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
+	if !globalAPIConfig.shouldGzipObjects() {
+		w.Header().Set(gzhttp.HeaderNoCompression, "true")
+	}
 
 	if r.Header.Get(xMinIOExtract) == "true" && strings.Contains(object, archivePattern) {
 		api.getObjectInArchiveFileHandler(ctx, objectAPI, bucket, object, w, r)
diff --git a/internal/config/api/api.go b/internal/config/api/api.go
index 372e8a507..aeb8739d4 100644
--- a/internal/config/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/config/api/api.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const (
 	apiStaleUploadsExpiry          = "stale_uploads_expiry"
 	apiDeleteCleanupInterval       = "delete_cleanup_interval"
 	apiDisableODirect              = "disable_odirect"
+	apiGzipObjects                 = "gzip_objects"
 
 	EnvAPIRequestsMax              = "MINIO_API_REQUESTS_MAX"
 	EnvAPIRequestsDeadline         = "MINIO_API_REQUESTS_DEADLINE"
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ const (
 	EnvAPIDeleteCleanupInterval       = "MINIO_API_DELETE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL"
 	EnvDeleteCleanupInterval          = "MINIO_DELETE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL"
 	EnvAPIDisableODirect              = "MINIO_API_DISABLE_ODIRECT"
+	EnvAPIGzipObjects                 = "MINIO_API_GZIP_OBJECTS"
 )
 
 // Deprecated key and ENVs
@@ -124,6 +126,10 @@ var (
 			Key:   apiDisableODirect,
 			Value: "off",
 		},
+		config.KV{
+			Key:   apiGzipObjects,
+			Value: "off",
+		},
 	}
 )
 
@@ -142,6 +148,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	StaleUploadsExpiry          time.Duration `json:"stale_uploads_expiry"`
 	DeleteCleanupInterval       time.Duration `json:"delete_cleanup_interval"`
 	DisableODirect              bool          `json:"disable_odirect"`
+	GzipObjects                 bool          `json:"gzip_objects"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalJSON - Validate SS and RRS parity when unmarshalling JSON.
@@ -263,6 +270,8 @@ func LookupConfig(kvs config.KVS) (cfg Config, err error) {
 
 	disableODirect := env.Get(EnvAPIDisableODirect, kvs.Get(apiDisableODirect)) == config.EnableOn
 
+	gzipObjects := env.Get(EnvAPIGzipObjects, kvs.Get(apiGzipObjects)) == config.EnableOn
+
 	return Config{
 		RequestsMax:                 requestsMax,
 		RequestsDeadline:            requestsDeadline,
@@ -277,5 +286,6 @@ func LookupConfig(kvs config.KVS) (cfg Config, err error) {
 		StaleUploadsExpiry:          staleUploadsExpiry,
 		DeleteCleanupInterval:       deleteCleanupInterval,
 		DisableODirect:              disableODirect,
+		GzipObjects:                 gzipObjects,
 	}, nil
 }