diff --git a/.changeset/nice-apples-burn.md b/.changeset/nice-apples-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d9559f56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-apples-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-router/serve": patch
+---
+
+disable compression for RSC responses for now
diff --git a/packages/react-router-serve/cli.ts b/packages/react-router-serve/cli.ts
index 598655f01b..015f94dda2 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-serve/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router-serve/cli.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ async function run() {
 
   let app = express();
   app.disable("x-powered-by");
-  app.use(compression());
+
+  if (!isRSCServerBuild(build)) {
+    app.use(compression());
+  }
+
   app.use(
     path.posix.join(build.publicPath, "assets"),
     express.static(path.join(build.assetsBuildDirectory, "assets"), {