diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a30d57f5d..668ab161f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,3 +27,36 @@ This repository is a monorepo that we manage using [Lerna](https://github.com/le
 ### Contributing
 
 Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+## Credits
+
+First-party code (under `packages/optimizely-sdk/lib/`, `packages/datafile-manager/lib`, `packages/datafile-manager/src`, `packages/datafile-manager/__test__`, `packages/event-processor/src`, `packages/event-processor/__tests__`, `packages/logging/src`, `packages/logging/__tests__`, `packages/utils/src`, `packages/utils/__tests__`) is copyright Optimizely, Inc. and contributors, licensed under Apache 2.0.
+
+## Additional Code
+
+Prod dependencies are as follows:
+
+```json
+{
+  "json-schema@0.2.3": {
+    "licenses": [
+      "AFLv2.1",
+      "BSD"
+    ],
+    "publisher": "Kris Zyp",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/kriszyp/json-schema"
+  },
+  "murmurhash@0.0.2": {
+    "licenses": "MIT*",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/perezd/node-murmurhash"
+  },
+  "uuid@3.3.2": {
+    "licenses": "MIT",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/kelektiv/node-uuid"
+  },
+  "decompress-response@4.2.1": {
+    "licenses": "MIT",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/decompress-response"
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/packages/datafile-manager/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/datafile-manager/CHANGELOG.md
index 48ee813a1..dbc9ce49a 100644
--- a/packages/datafile-manager/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/datafile-manager/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Changes that have landed but are not yet released.
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 - Removed `StaticDatafileManager` from all top level exports
+- Dropped support for Node.js version <8
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Node datafile manager requests use gzip,deflate compression
 
 ## [0.4.0] - June 12, 2019
 
diff --git a/packages/datafile-manager/README.md b/packages/datafile-manager/README.md
index 4927b8628..93d1a19e0 100644
--- a/packages/datafile-manager/README.md
+++ b/packages/datafile-manager/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 This package provides datafile manager implementations for Node.js, browsers, and React Native.
 
+## Requirements
+In general, an ES5-compatible environment is required, as well as `Promise` (must be polyfilled if absent).
+
+Platform-specific minimum supported versions:
+
+- Node.js: `8`
+- React Native: `0.61.5`
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/packages/datafile-manager/__test__/nodeRequest.spec.ts b/packages/datafile-manager/__test__/nodeRequest.spec.ts
index dec6d5138..075907113 100644
--- a/packages/datafile-manager/__test__/nodeRequest.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/datafile-manager/__test__/nodeRequest.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import nock from 'nock';
+import zlib from 'zlib';
 import { makeGetRequest } from '../src/nodeRequest';
 import { advanceTimersByTime } from './testUtils';
 
@@ -80,6 +81,20 @@ describe('nodeEnvironment', () => {
       scope.done();
     });
 
+    it('adds an Accept-Encoding request header and unzips a gzipped response body', async () => {
+      const scope = nock(host)
+        .matchHeader('accept-encoding', 'gzip,deflate')
+        .get(path)
+        .reply(200, () => zlib.gzipSync('{"foo":"bar"}'), { 'content-encoding': 'gzip' });
+      const req = makeGetRequest(`${host}${path}`, {});
+      const resp = await req.responsePromise;
+      expect(resp).toMatchObject({
+        statusCode: 200,
+        body: '{"foo":"bar"}',
+      });
+      scope.done();
+    });
+
     it('includes headers from the response in the eventual response in the return value', async () => {
       const scope = nock(host)
         .get(path)
diff --git a/packages/datafile-manager/package-lock.json b/packages/datafile-manager/package-lock.json
index 775bb6040..8accdbae9 100644
--- a/packages/datafile-manager/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/datafile-manager/package-lock.json
@@ -1357,6 +1357,14 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-6zkTMzRYd1y4TNGh+uBiEGu4dUU=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "decompress-response": {
+      "version": "4.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/decompress-response/-/decompress-response-4.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jOSne2qbyE+/r8G1VU+G/82LBs2Fs4LAsTiLSHOCOMZQl2OKZ6i8i4IyHemTe+/yIXOtTcRQMzPcgyhoFlqPkw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "mimic-response": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "deep-assign": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deep-assign/-/deep-assign-3.0.0.tgz",
@@ -4102,6 +4110,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-OqbOk5oEQeAZ8WXWydlu9HJjz9WVdEIvamMCcXmuqUYjTknH/sqsWvhQ3vgwKFRR1HpjvNBKQ37nbJgYzGqGcg==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "mimic-response": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mimic-response/-/mimic-response-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wXqjST+SLt7R009ySCglWBCFpjUygmCIfD790/kVbiGmUgfYGuB14PiTd5DwVxSV4NcYHjzMkoj5LjQZwTQLEA=="
+    },
     "minimatch": {
       "version": "3.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/datafile-manager/package.json b/packages/datafile-manager/package.json
index 7bbc26810..9d6223c0e 100644
--- a/packages/datafile-manager/package.json
+++ b/packages/datafile-manager/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@optimizely/js-sdk-logging": "^0.1.0",
-    "@optimizely/js-sdk-utils": "^0.2.0"
+    "@optimizely/js-sdk-utils": "^0.2.0",
+    "decompress-response": "^4.2.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@react-native-community/async-storage": "^1.2.0"
diff --git a/packages/datafile-manager/src/nodeRequest.ts b/packages/datafile-manager/src/nodeRequest.ts
index be5df9c34..939bac536 100644
--- a/packages/datafile-manager/src/nodeRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/datafile-manager/src/nodeRequest.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import https from 'https';
 import url from 'url';
 import { Headers, AbortableRequest, Response } from './http';
 import { REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS } from './config';
+import decompressResponse from 'decompress-response';
 
 // Shared signature between http.request and https.request
 type ClientRequestCreator = (options: http.RequestOptions) => http.ClientRequest;
@@ -74,16 +75,18 @@ function getResponseFromRequest(request: http.ClientRequest): Promise<Response>
         return;
       }
 
-      incomingMessage.setEncoding('utf8');
+      const response = decompressResponse(incomingMessage);
+
+      response.setEncoding('utf8');
 
       let responseData = '';
-      incomingMessage.on('data', (chunk: string) => {
+      response.on('data', (chunk: string) => {
         if (!request.aborted) {
           responseData += chunk;
         }
       });
 
-      incomingMessage.on('end', () => {
+      response.on('end', () => {
         if (request.aborted) {
           return;
         }
@@ -131,7 +134,10 @@ export function makeGetRequest(reqUrl: string, headers: Headers): AbortableReque
   const requestOptions: http.RequestOptions = {
     ...getRequestOptionsFromUrl(parsedUrl),
     method: 'GET',
-    headers,
+    headers: {
+      ...headers,
+      'accept-encoding': 'gzip,deflate',
+    },
   };
 
   const request = requester(requestOptions);
diff --git a/packages/optimizely-sdk/README.md b/packages/optimizely-sdk/README.md
index 896069ced..9459dddc8 100644
--- a/packages/optimizely-sdk/README.md
+++ b/packages/optimizely-sdk/README.md
@@ -96,23 +96,17 @@ Prod dependencies are as follows:
     "publisher": "Kris Zyp",
     "repository": "https://github.com/kriszyp/json-schema"
   },
-  "lodash@4.17.10": {
-    "licenses": "MIT",
-    "publisher": "John-David Dalton",
-    "repository": "https://github.com/lodash/lodash"
-  },
   "murmurhash@0.0.2": {
     "licenses": "MIT*",
     "repository": "https://github.com/perezd/node-murmurhash"
   },
-  "sprintf@0.1.5": {
-    "licenses": "BSD-3-Clause",
-    "publisher": "Moritz Peters",
-    "repository": "https://github.com/maritz/node-sprintf"
-  },
-  "uuid@3.2.1": {
+  "uuid@3.3.2": {
     "licenses": "MIT",
     "repository": "https://github.com/kelektiv/node-uuid"
+  },
+  "decompress-response@4.2.1": {
+    "licenses": "MIT",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/decompress-response"
   }
 }
 ```