diff --git a/include/fluent-bit/flb_gzip.h b/include/fluent-bit/flb_gzip.h
index f6b942d4da1..b4826283bb2 100644
--- a/include/fluent-bit/flb_gzip.h
+++ b/include/fluent-bit/flb_gzip.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 #define FLB_GZIP_H
 
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_info.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include <fluent-bit/flb_macros.h>
+#include <monkey/mk_http.h>
 
 struct flb_decompression_context;
 
@@ -36,4 +37,6 @@ void flb_gzip_decompression_context_destroy(void *context);
 int flb_gzip_decompressor_dispatch(struct flb_decompression_context *context,
                                    void *out_data, size_t *out_size);
 
+int flb_is_http_session_gzip_compressed(struct mk_http_session *session);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c b/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c
index ab16eb328c5..cd48e5236d8 100644
--- a/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c
+++ b/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_version.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_error.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_pack.h>
+#include <fluent-bit/flb_gzip.h>
 
 #include <monkey/monkey.h>
 #include <monkey/mk_core.h>
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "http.h"
 #include "http_conn.h"
 
@@ -493,6 +496,12 @@ static int process_payload(struct flb_http *ctx, struct http_conn *conn,
 {
     int type = -1;
     struct mk_http_header *header;
+    char *uncompressed_data;
+    size_t uncompressed_size = 0;
+
+    /* used when checking content-encoding */
+    int gzip_compressed = FLB_FALSE;
+    int gzip_ret;
 
     header = &session->parser.headers[MK_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE];
     if (header->key.data == NULL) {
@@ -510,21 +519,38 @@ static int process_payload(struct flb_http *ctx, struct http_conn *conn,
         type = HTTP_CONTENT_URLENCODED;
     }
 
+    gzip_compressed = flb_is_http_session_gzip_compressed(session);
+    
+    if (gzip_compressed == FLB_TRUE) {
+        gzip_ret = flb_gzip_uncompress(request->data.data, request->data.len, (void **)&uncompressed_data, &uncompressed_size);
+        if (gzip_ret == -1) {
+            flb_error("[http] gzip decompression failed");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        uncompressed_data = request->data.data;
+        uncompressed_size = request->data.len;
+    }
+    
     if (type == -1) {
         send_response(conn, 400, "error: invalid 'Content-Type'\n");
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (request->data.len <= 0) {
+    if (uncompressed_size <= 0) {
         send_response(conn, 400, "error: no payload found\n");
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (type == HTTP_CONTENT_JSON) {
-        parse_payload_json(ctx, tag, request->data.data, request->data.len);
+        parse_payload_json(ctx, tag, uncompressed_data, uncompressed_size);
     } else if (type == HTTP_CONTENT_URLENCODED) {
         parse_payload_urlencoded(ctx, tag, request->data.data, request->data.len);
     }
+    
+    if (gzip_compressed) {
+        flb_free(uncompressed_data);
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -614,23 +640,18 @@ int http_prot_handle(struct flb_http *ctx, struct http_conn *conn,
     }
 
     mk_mem_free(uri);
-
     /* Check if we have a Host header: Hostname ; port */
     mk_http_point_header(&request->host, &session->parser, MK_HEADER_HOST);
-
     /* Header: Connection */
     mk_http_point_header(&request->connection, &session->parser,
                          MK_HEADER_CONNECTION);
-
     /* HTTP/1.1 needs Host header */
     if (!request->host.data && request->protocol == MK_HTTP_PROTOCOL_11) {
         flb_sds_destroy(tag);
         return -1;
     }
-
     /* Should we close the session after this request ? */
     mk_http_keepalive_check(session, request, ctx->server);
-
     /* Content Length */
     header = &session->parser.headers[MK_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH];
     if (header->type == MK_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH) {
@@ -640,16 +661,15 @@ int http_prot_handle(struct flb_http *ctx, struct http_conn *conn,
     else {
         request->_content_length.data = NULL;
     }
-
     if (request->method != MK_METHOD_POST) {
         flb_sds_destroy(tag);
         send_response(conn, 400, "error: invalid HTTP method\n");
         return -1;
     }
-
     ret = process_payload(ctx, conn, tag, session, request);
     flb_sds_destroy(tag);
     send_response(conn, ctx->successful_response_code, NULL);
+
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/flb_gzip.c b/src/flb_gzip.c
index 4b9b761fecb..5702dba5ffc 100644
--- a/src/flb_gzip.c
+++ b/src/flb_gzip.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_gzip.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_compression.h>
 #include <miniz/miniz.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #define FLB_GZIP_HEADER_OFFSET 10
 #define FLB_GZIP_HEADER_SIZE   FLB_GZIP_HEADER_OFFSET
@@ -745,3 +746,29 @@ void flb_gzip_decompression_context_destroy(void *context)
         flb_free(context);
     }
 }
+
+int flb_is_http_session_gzip_compressed(struct mk_http_session *session)
+{
+    int gzip_compressed = FLB_FALSE;
+
+    int i = 0;
+    int extra_size = -1;
+    struct mk_http_header *headers_extra;
+
+    extra_size = session->parser.headers_extra_count;
+    if (extra_size > 0) {
+        for (i = 0; i < extra_size; i++) {
+            headers_extra = &session->parser.headers_extra[i];
+            if (headers_extra->key.len == 16 &&
+                strncasecmp(headers_extra->key.data, "Content-Encoding", 16) == 0) {
+                if (headers_extra->val.len == 4 &&
+                    strncasecmp(headers_extra->val.data, "gzip", 4) == 0) {
+                    flb_debug("body is gzipped");
+                    gzip_compressed = FLB_TRUE;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return gzip_compressed;
+}
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