diff --git a/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/GzipRequestInterceptor.java b/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/GzipRequestInterceptor.java
index 8969780d9..2b27d495f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/GzipRequestInterceptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/GzipRequestInterceptor.java
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ public void disable() {
     @Override
     public Response intercept(final Interceptor.Chain chain) throws IOException {
         if (!enabled.get()) {
-            return chain.proceed(chain.request());
+            Request request = chain.request();
+            request = request.newBuilder().addHeader("Accept-Encoding", "identity").build();
+            return chain.proceed(request);
         }
 
         Request originalRequest = chain.request();