diff --git a/pkg/agent/target.go b/pkg/agent/target.go
index 521122dc1..80377ce75 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/target.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/target.go
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ func (t *Target) fetchProfile(ctx context.Context, profileType string, buf io.Wr
 			return err
 		}
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgentHeader)
+		req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
 
 		t.req = req
 	}