diff --git a/h2_bundle.go b/h2_bundle.go
index dd968f67..cd9fdd48 100644
--- a/h2_bundle.go
+++ b/h2_bundle.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
-
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"github.com/useflyent/fhttp/http2/hpack"
 	"github.com/useflyent/fhttp/httptrace"
 	"golang.org/x/net/http/httpguts"
@@ -8976,10 +8976,41 @@ func (rl *http2clientConnReadLoop) handleResponse(cs *http2clientStream, f *http
 	cs.bytesRemain = res.ContentLength
 	res.Body = http2transportResponseBody{cs}
 	go cs.awaitRequestCancel(cs.req)
-
-	res.Body = DecompressBody(res)
+	if cs.requestedGzip && res.Header.Get("Content-Encoding") == "gzip" {
+		res.Header.Del("Content-Encoding")
+		res.Header.Del("Content-Length")
+		res.ContentLength = -1
+		res.Body = &http2gzipReader{body: res.Body}
+		res.Uncompressed = true
+	}
 	return res, nil
 }
+// gzipReader wraps a response body so it can lazily
+// call gzip.NewReader on the first call to Read
+type http2gzipReader struct {
+	_    http2incomparable
+	body io.ReadCloser // underlying Response.Body
+	zr   *gzip.Reader  // lazily-initialized gzip reader
+	zerr error         // sticky error
+}
+func (gz *http2gzipReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if gz.zerr != nil {
+		return 0, gz.zerr
+	}
+	if gz.zr == nil {
+		gz.zr, err = gzip.NewReader(gz.body)
+		if err != nil {
+			gz.zerr = err
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
+	return gz.zr.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (gz *http2gzipReader) Close() error {
+	return gz.body.Close()
+}
+
 
 func (rl *http2clientConnReadLoop) processTrailers(cs *http2clientStream, f *http2MetaHeadersFrame) error {
 	if cs.pastTrailers {