diff --git a/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.spec.ts b/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.spec.ts
index a30ae437..eecc3b7b 100644
--- a/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.spec.ts
+++ b/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.spec.ts
@@ -234,6 +234,29 @@ describe('HttpRequestExecutor', () => {
       expect(response.body).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
+    it('should prevent decoding response body if decompress option is disabled', async () => {
+      when(spiedExecutorOptions.maxContentLength).thenReturn(1);
+      when(spiedExecutorOptions.whitelistMimes).thenReturn(['text/plain']);
+      const { request, requestOptions } = createRequest({
+        decompress: false,
+        encoding: 'base64'
+      });
+      const expected = 'x'.repeat(100);
+      const body = await promisify(gzip)(expected, {
+        flush: constants.Z_SYNC_FLUSH,
+        finishFlush: constants.Z_SYNC_FLUSH
+      });
+      nock(requestOptions.url).get('/').reply(200, body, {
+        'content-type': 'text/plain',
+        'content-encoding': 'gzip'
+      });
+
+      const response = await executor.execute(request);
+
+      expect(response.body).toEqual(body.toString('base64'));
+      expect(response.headers).toMatchObject({ 'content-encoding': 'gzip' });
+    });
+
     it('should decode response body if content-encoding is gzip', async () => {
       when(spiedExecutorOptions.maxContentLength).thenReturn(1);
       when(spiedExecutorOptions.whitelistMimes).thenReturn(['text/plain']);
diff --git a/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.ts b/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.ts
index 96a5803d..ece1d610 100644
--- a/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/RequestExecutor/HttpRequestExecutor.ts
@@ -191,26 +191,37 @@ export class HttpRequestExecutor implements RequestExecutor {
     );
   }
 
-  private async truncateResponse(req: Request, res: IncomingMessage) {
+  private async truncateResponse(
+    { decompress, encoding, maxContentSize }: Request,
+    res: IncomingMessage
+  ) {
     if (this.responseHasNoBody(res)) {
       logger.debug('The response does not contain any body.');
 
       return { res, body: '' };
     }
 
-    const { type, encoding } = this.parseContentType(res);
+    const contentType = this.parseContentType(res);
+    const { type } = contentType;
     const requiresTruncating = !this.options.whitelistMimes?.some(
       (mime: string) => type.startsWith(mime)
     );
 
     const maxBodySize =
-      (req.maxContentSize ?? this.options.maxContentLength) * 1024;
-    const body = await this.parseBody(res, { maxBodySize, requiresTruncating });
+      (maxContentSize ?? this.options.maxContentLength) * 1024;
+    const body = await this.parseBody(res, {
+      maxBodySize,
+      requiresTruncating,
+      decompress
+    });
 
     res.headers['content-length'] = body.byteLength.toFixed();
-    delete res.headers['content-encoding'];
 
-    return { res, body: iconv.decode(body, req.encoding ?? encoding) };
+    if (decompress) {
+      delete res.headers['content-encoding'];
+    }
+
+    return { res, body: iconv.decode(body, encoding ?? contentType.encoding) };
   }
 
   private parseContentType(res: IncomingMessage): {
@@ -276,11 +287,16 @@ export class HttpRequestExecutor implements RequestExecutor {
 
   private async parseBody(
     res: IncomingMessage,
-    options: { maxBodySize: number; requiresTruncating: boolean }
+    options: {
+      maxBodySize: number;
+      requiresTruncating: boolean;
+      decompress: boolean;
+    }
   ): Promise<Buffer> {
     const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+    const stream = options.decompress ? this.unzipBody(res) : res;
 
-    for await (const chuck of this.unzipBody(res)) {
+    for await (const chuck of stream) {
       chunks.push(chuck);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/RequestExecutor/Request.ts b/src/RequestExecutor/Request.ts
index b02968f9..9af97bad 100644
--- a/src/RequestExecutor/Request.ts
+++ b/src/RequestExecutor/Request.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface RequestOptions {
   encoding?: 'base64';
   maxContentSize?: number;
   timeout?: number;
+  decompress?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface Cert {
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export class Request {
   public readonly correlationIdRegex?: RegExp;
   public readonly encoding?: 'base64';
   public readonly maxContentSize?: number;
+  public readonly decompress?: boolean;
   public readonly timeout?: number;
 
   private _method: string;
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ export class Request {
     correlationIdRegex,
     maxContentSize,
     encoding,
+    decompress = true,
     headers = {}
   }: RequestOptions) {
     this.protocol = protocol;
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ export class Request {
     this.encoding = encoding;
     this.timeout = timeout;
     this.maxContentSize = maxContentSize;
+    this.decompress = !!decompress;
   }
 
   public setHeaders(headers: Record<string, string | string[]>): void {