Index: src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianProxy.java
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--- src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianProxy.java	(revision 7370)
+++ src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianProxy.java	(working copy)
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@
   protected void addRequestHeaders(HessianConnection conn)
   {
     conn.addHeader("Content-Type", "x-application/hessian");
+    conn.addHeader("Accept-Encoding", "deflate");
 
     String basicAuth = _factory.getBasicAuth();
 
Index: src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianURLConnection.java
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--- src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianURLConnection.java	(revision 7370)
+++ src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianURLConnection.java	(working copy)
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 
+import java.util.zip.Inflater;
+import java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream;
+
 /**
  * Internal connection to a server.  The default connection is based on
  * java.net
@@ -179,7 +182,15 @@
   public InputStream getInputStream()
     throws IOException
   {
-    return _conn.getInputStream();
+    String contentEncoding = _conn.getContentEncoding();
+    if ("deflate".equals(contentEncoding))
+    {
+        return new InflaterInputStream(_conn.getInputStream(), new Inflater(true));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return _conn.getInputStream();
+    }
   }
 
   /**