diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 438017a..d087a42 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var _ = require('./utils')
 var IS_BROWSER = typeof window === 'object' && window
 var JSON_MIME = /application\/json/i
 var http = resolveModule()
+const zlib = require('zlib');
 
 module.exports = HttpClient
 
@@ -81,6 +82,21 @@ function resolveModule () {
 
 function requestWrapper (request) {
   return function requester (options, cb) {
-    return request(mapOptions(options), mapResponse(cb))
+    let httpRequest = request(mapOptions(options), mapResponse(cb));
+    httpRequest.on('response', function(response) {
+      switch (response.headers['content-encoding']) {
+          // or, just use zlib.createUnzip() to handle both cases
+          case 'gzip':
+              console.log("gzip");
+              response.pipe(zlib.createGunzip()).pipe(response);
+              break;
+          case 'deflate':
+              response.pipe(zlib.createInflate()).pipe(response);
+              break;
+          default:
+              break;
+      }
+    });
+    return httpRequest;
   }
 }