diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search.Test/BaseTest.cs b/src/Algolia.Search.Test/BaseTest.cs
index c46aecddc..645691981 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search.Test/BaseTest.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search.Test/BaseTest.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /*
 * Copyright (c) 2018 Algolia
 * http://www.algolia.com/
-* 
+*
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-* 
+*
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-* 
+*
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ public void Setup()
     {
         TestHelper.CheckEnvironmentVariable();
         SearchClient = new SearchClient(TestHelper.ApplicationId1, TestHelper.AdminKey1);
-        SearchClient2 = new SearchClient(TestHelper.ApplicationId2, TestHelper.AdminKey2);
+        SearchConfig configClient2 = new SearchConfig(TestHelper.ApplicationId2, TestHelper.AdminKey2)
+        {
+            Compression = CompressionType.NONE
+        };
+        SearchClient2 = new SearchClient(configClient2);
         McmClient = new SearchClient(TestHelper.McmApplicationId, TestHelper.McmAdminKey);
         AnalyticsClient = new AnalyticsClient(TestHelper.ApplicationId1, TestHelper.AdminKey1);
     }
@@ -83,4 +87,4 @@ protected void PreviousTestCleanUp()
 
         SearchClient.MultipleBatch(operations);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AlgoliaConfig.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AlgoliaConfig.cs
index 6a1ae1474..acbdde120 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AlgoliaConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AlgoliaConfig.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+using Algolia.Search.Models.Enums;
 using Algolia.Search.Serializer;
 using Algolia.Search.Transport;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -94,6 +95,11 @@ public AlgoliaConfig(string applicationId, string apiKey)
         /// </summary>
         public int? WriteTimeout { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compression for outgoing http requests  <see cref="CompressionType"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual CompressionType Compression { get; protected set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Configurations hosts
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AnalyticsConfig.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AnalyticsConfig.cs
index 81094fcc7..4bf297b73 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AnalyticsConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/AnalyticsConfig.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public AnalyticsConfig(string applicationId, string apiKey) : base(applicationId
                     Accept = CallType.Read | CallType.Write
                 }
             };
+
+            Compression = CompressionType.NONE;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/InsightsConfig.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/InsightsConfig.cs
index 660e7dd95..84c3c298f 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/InsightsConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/InsightsConfig.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public InsightsConfig(string applicationId, string apiKey, string region = "us")
                     Accept = CallType.Read | CallType.Write
                 }
             };
+
+            Compression = CompressionType.NONE;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/SearchConfig.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/SearchConfig.cs
index 1de1891bb..4aa7d9a0f 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/SearchConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Clients/SearchConfig.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ public SearchConfig(string applicationId, string apiKey) : base(applicationId, a
             hosts.AddRange(commonHosts);
 
             DefaultHosts = hosts;
+
+            Compression = CompressionType.NONE;
         }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public new CompressionType Compression { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Http/AlgoliaHttpRequester.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Http/AlgoliaHttpRequester.cs
index 23ca5b82a..945a726c4 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Http/AlgoliaHttpRequester.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Http/AlgoliaHttpRequester.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public async Task<AlgoliaHttpResponse> SendRequestAsync(Request request, int tot
                 Content = request.Body != null ? new StreamContent(request.Body) : null
             };
 
+            if (request.Body != null)
+            {
+                httpRequestMessage.Content.Headers.Fill(request);
+            }
+
             httpRequestMessage.Headers.Fill(request.Headers);
             httpRequestMessage.SetTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(totalTimeout));
 
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Http/HttpRequestHeadersExtensions.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Http/HttpRequestHeadersExtensions.cs
index 3cadbd8cc..7e99a93d1 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Http/HttpRequestHeadersExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Http/HttpRequestHeadersExtensions.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+using Algolia.Search.Models.Common;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 
@@ -43,5 +44,25 @@ internal static HttpRequestHeaders Fill(this HttpRequestHeaders headers, Diction
 
             return headers;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extension method to easily fill HttpContentHeaders with the Request object
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="headers"></param>
+        /// <param name="request"></param>
+        internal static HttpContentHeaders Fill(this HttpContentHeaders headers, Request request)
+        {
+            if (request.Body != null)
+            {
+                headers.Add(Defaults.ContentType, Defaults.ApplicationJson);
+
+                if (request.CanCompress)
+                {
+                    headers.ContentEncoding.Add(Defaults.GzipEncoding);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return headers;
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Models/Common/Request.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Models/Common/Request.cs
index 2d52fbc3c..dd22769c6 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Models/Common/Request.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Models/Common/Request.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+using Algolia.Search.Models.Enums;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -52,5 +53,29 @@ public class Request
         /// Body of the request
         /// </summary>
         public Stream Body { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compression type of the request <see cref="CompressionType"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        public CompressionType Compression { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tells if the request can be compressed or not
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool CanCompress
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (Method == null)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bool isMethodValid = Method.Equals(HttpMethod.Post) || Method.Equals(HttpMethod.Put);
+                bool isCompressionEnabled = Compression.Equals(CompressionType.GZIP);
+
+                return isMethodValid && isCompressionEnabled;
+            }
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Models/Enums/CompressionType.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Models/Enums/CompressionType.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2d2d0a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Models/Enums/CompressionType.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2018 Algolia
+* http://www.algolia.com/
+*
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+*
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+*
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+* THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+namespace Algolia.Search.Models.Enums
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Compression type for outgoing HTTP requests
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum CompressionType
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// No compression
+        /// </summary>
+        NONE,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// GZip Compression. Only supported by Search API.
+        /// </summary>
+        GZIP
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Serializer/SerializerHelper.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Serializer/SerializerHelper.cs
index 4371da176..c0d05d47f 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Serializer/SerializerHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Serializer/SerializerHelper.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -34,16 +35,36 @@ namespace Algolia.Search.Serializer
     /// </summary>
     internal static class SerializerHelper
     {
-        private static readonly UTF8Encoding _encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false);
+        private static readonly UTF8Encoding DefaultEncoding = new UTF8Encoding(false);
+        private static readonly int DefaultBufferSize = 1024;
+        // Buffer sized as recommended by Bradley Grainger, http://faithlife.codes/blog/2012/06/always-wrap-gzipstream-with-bufferedstream/
+        private static readonly int GZipBufferSize = 8192;
 
-        public static void Serialize<T>(T data, Stream stream, JsonSerializerSettings settings)
+        public static void Serialize<T>(T data, Stream stream, JsonSerializerSettings settings, bool gzipCompress)
         {
-            using (var sw = new StreamWriter(stream, _encoding, 1024, true))
-            using (var jtw = new JsonTextWriter(sw) { Formatting = Formatting.None })
+            if (gzipCompress)
+            {
+                using (var gzipStream = new GZipStream(stream, CompressionMode.Compress, true))
+                using (var sw = new StreamWriter(gzipStream, DefaultEncoding, GZipBufferSize))
+                using (var jtw = new JsonTextWriter(sw) { Formatting = Formatting.None })
+                {
+                    JsonSerialize(jtw);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                using (var sw = new StreamWriter(stream, DefaultEncoding, DefaultBufferSize, true))
+                using (var jtw = new JsonTextWriter(sw) { Formatting = Formatting.None })
+                {
+                    JsonSerialize(jtw);
+                }
+            }
+
+            void JsonSerialize(JsonTextWriter writer)
             {
                 JsonSerializer serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(settings);
-                serializer.Serialize(jtw, data);
-                jtw.Flush();
+                serializer.Serialize(writer, data);
+                writer.Flush();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Transport/HttpTransport.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Transport/HttpTransport.cs
index a40260a85..90753fc8d 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Transport/HttpTransport.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Transport/HttpTransport.cs
@@ -106,10 +106,12 @@ public async Task<TResult> ExecuteRequestAsync<TResult, TData>(HttpMethod method
             var request = new Request
             {
                 Method = method,
-                Body = CreateRequestContent(data),
-                Headers = GenerateHeaders(requestOptions?.Headers)
+                Headers = GenerateHeaders(requestOptions?.Headers),
+                Compression = _algoliaConfig.Compression
             };
 
+            request.Body = CreateRequestContent(data, request.CanCompress);
+
             foreach (var host in _retryStrategy.GetTryableHost(callType))
             {
                 request.Uri = BuildUri(host.Url, uri, requestOptions?.QueryParameters);
@@ -138,14 +140,17 @@ public async Task<TResult> ExecuteRequestAsync<TResult, TData>(HttpMethod method
         /// Generate stream for serializing objects
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="data">Data to send</param>
+        /// <param name="compress">Whether the stream should be compressed or not</param>
         /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the data to send/retrieve</typeparam>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        private MemoryStream CreateRequestContent<T>(T data)
+        private MemoryStream CreateRequestContent<T>(T data, bool compress)
         {
             if (data != null)
             {
                 MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-                SerializerHelper.Serialize(data, ms, JsonConfig.AlgoliaJsonSerializerSettings);
+
+                SerializerHelper.Serialize(data, ms, JsonConfig.AlgoliaJsonSerializerSettings, compress);
+
                 ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                 return ms;
             }
diff --git a/src/Algolia.Search/Utils/Defaults.cs b/src/Algolia.Search/Utils/Defaults.cs
index 9a13f96af..dc4c3dad0 100644
--- a/src/Algolia.Search/Utils/Defaults.cs
+++ b/src/Algolia.Search/Utils/Defaults.cs
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@ internal class Defaults
     public const string UserAgentHeader = "User-Agent";
     public const string Connection = "Connection";
     public const string KeepAlive = "keep-alive";
+    public const string ContentType = "Content-Type";
+    public const string ApplicationJson = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
+    public const string GzipEncoding = "gzip";
 }