diff --git a/listener/http/client.go b/listener/http/client.go
index dfd1985f8..dcfbe185f 100644
--- a/listener/http/client.go
+++ b/listener/http/client.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func newClient(srcConn net.Conn, tunnel C.Tunnel, additions ...inbound.Addition)
 			IdleConnTimeout:       90 * time.Second,
 			TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
 			ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+			DisableCompression:    true, // prevents the Transport add "Accept-Encoding: gzip"
 			DialContext: func(context context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 				if network != "tcp" && network != "tcp4" && network != "tcp6" {
 					return nil, errors.New("unsupported network " + network)