diff --git a/admin-root/config.html b/admin-root/config.html
index 2a15ee7c..32a68c02 100644
--- a/admin-root/config.html
+++ b/admin-root/config.html
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ take effect.
 	  <TD>Always Scan</TD>
 	  <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" @READONLY@ NAME="ALWAYS_SCAN" VALUE="@ALWAYS_SCAN@"></TD>
 	</TR>
-
+	<TR>
+	  <TD>Compress</TD>
+	  <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" @READONLY@ NAME="COMPRESS" VALUE="@COMPRESS@"></TD>
+	</TR>
 	<TR>
 	  <TD>Process .m3u Files</TD>
 	  <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" @READONLY@ NAME="PROCESS_M3U" VALUE="@PROCESS_M3U@"></TD>
diff --git a/contrib/mt-daapd.conf b/contrib/mt-daapd.conf
index a30b0095..b6b0162e 100644
--- a/contrib/mt-daapd.conf
+++ b/contrib/mt-daapd.conf
@@ -227,3 +227,21 @@ extensions .mp3,.m4a,.m4p
 
 # scan_type  0
 
+#
+# compress
+#
+# Whether to use gzip content-encoding when transferring playlists etc.
+# This was contributed as a patch by Ciamac Moallemi just prior to the 0.2.1
+# release, and as such, hasn't gotten as much testing as other features.
+#
+# This feature should substantially speed up transfers of large databases
+# and playlists.
+#
+# It will eventually default to 1, but currently it defaults to 0.
+#
+
+# compress 0
+
+
+
+