diff --git a/classes/display/DisplayHandler.class.php b/classes/display/DisplayHandler.class.php
index c1145e1d0..d20acdfd6 100644
--- a/classes/display/DisplayHandler.class.php
+++ b/classes/display/DisplayHandler.class.php
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
                 (defined('__OB_GZHANDLER_ENABLE__') && __OB_GZHANDLER_ENABLE__ == 1) &&
                 strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'gzip')!==false &&
                 function_exists('ob_gzhandler') &&
-                extension_loaded('zlib')
+                extension_loaded('zlib') &&
+				$oModule->gzhandler_enable
             ) $this->gz_enabled = true;
             // Extract contents to display by the request method
             if(Context::get('xeVirtualRequestMethod')=='xml') {
diff --git a/classes/module/ModuleObject.class.php b/classes/module/ModuleObject.class.php
index f7c8cef99..6134e3072 100644
--- a/classes/module/ModuleObject.class.php
+++ b/classes/module/ModuleObject.class.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 		var $module_config = NULL;
 		var $ajaxRequestMethod = array('XMLRPC', 'JSON');
 
+		var $gzhandler_enable = TRUE;
+
         /**
          * setter to set the name of module
          * @param string $module name of module