diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/HTTP2/HTTP2Connection.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/HTTP2/HTTP2Connection.swift
index 8eb189adc..f9854a810 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/HTTP2/HTTP2Connection.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/HTTP2/HTTP2Connection.swift
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import Logging
 import NIOCore
 import NIOHTTP2
+import NIOHTTPCompression
 
 protocol HTTP2ConnectionDelegate {
     func http2Connection(_: HTTP2Connection, newMaxStreamSetting: Int)
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ final class HTTP2Connection {
     /// request.
     private var openStreams = Set<ChannelBox>()
     let id: HTTPConnectionPool.Connection.ID
+    let decompression: HTTPClient.Decompression
 
     var closeFuture: EventLoopFuture<Void> {
         self.channel.closeFuture
@@ -86,10 +88,12 @@ final class HTTP2Connection {
 
     init(channel: Channel,
          connectionID: HTTPConnectionPool.Connection.ID,
+         decompression: HTTPClient.Decompression,
          delegate: HTTP2ConnectionDelegate,
          logger: Logger) {
         self.channel = channel
         self.id = connectionID
+        self.decompression = decompression
         self.logger = logger
         self.multiplexer = HTTP2StreamMultiplexer(
             mode: .client,
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ final class HTTP2Connection {
         configuration: HTTPClient.Configuration,
         logger: Logger
     ) -> EventLoopFuture<(HTTP2Connection, Int)> {
-        let connection = HTTP2Connection(channel: channel, connectionID: connectionID, delegate: delegate, logger: logger)
+        let connection = HTTP2Connection(channel: channel, connectionID: connectionID, decompression: configuration.decompression, delegate: delegate, logger: logger)
         return connection.start().map { maxStreams in (connection, maxStreams) }
     }
 
@@ -208,9 +212,14 @@ final class HTTP2Connection {
                     // We only support http/2 over an https connection – using the Application-Layer
                     // Protocol Negotiation (ALPN). For this reason it is safe to fix this to `.https`.
                     let translate = HTTP2FramePayloadToHTTP1ClientCodec(httpProtocol: .https)
-                    let handler = HTTP2ClientRequestHandler(eventLoop: channel.eventLoop)
-
                     try channel.pipeline.syncOperations.addHandler(translate)
+
+                    if case .enabled(let limit) = self.decompression {
+                        let decompressHandler = NIOHTTPResponseDecompressor(limit: limit)
+                        try channel.pipeline.syncOperations.addHandler(decompressHandler)
+                    }
+
+                    let handler = HTTP2ClientRequestHandler(eventLoop: channel.eventLoop)
                     try channel.pipeline.syncOperations.addHandler(handler)
 
                     // We must add the new channel to the list of open channels BEFORE we write the
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTestUtils.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTestUtils.swift
index 3a7f1fe90..59336d39f 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTestUtils.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTestUtils.swift
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ internal final class HTTPBin<RequestHandler: ChannelInboundHandler> where
                                 let sync = channel.pipeline.syncOperations
 
                                 try sync.addHandler(HTTP2FramePayloadToHTTP1ServerCodec())
+                                if self.mode.compress {
+                                    try sync.addHandler(HTTPResponseCompressor())
+                                }
                                 try sync.addHandler(self.handlerFactory(connectionID))
 
                                 return channel.eventLoop.makeSucceededVoidFuture()
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
index b3a13486c..421060b2e 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests+XCTest.swift
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ extension HTTPClientTests {
             ("testUploadStreaming", testUploadStreaming),
             ("testEventLoopArgument", testEventLoopArgument),
             ("testDecompression", testDecompression),
+            ("testDecompressionHTTP2", testDecompressionHTTP2),
             ("testDecompressionLimit", testDecompressionLimit),
             ("testLoopDetectionRedirectLimit", testLoopDetectionRedirectLimit),
             ("testCountRedirectLimit", testCountRedirectLimit),
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
index 610df95c9..8918ea042 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
@@ -890,6 +890,49 @@ class HTTPClientTests: XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    func testDecompressionHTTP2() throws {
+        let localHTTPBin = HTTPBin(.http2(compress: true))
+        let localClient = HTTPClient(
+            eventLoopGroupProvider: .shared(self.clientGroup),
+            configuration: .init(
+                certificateVerification: .none,
+                decompression: .enabled(limit: .none)
+            )
+        )
+
+        defer {
+            XCTAssertNoThrow(try localClient.syncShutdown())
+            XCTAssertNoThrow(try localHTTPBin.shutdown())
+        }
+
+        var body = ""
+        for _ in 1...1000 {
+            body += "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua."
+        }
+
+        for algorithm: String? in [nil] {
+            var request = try HTTPClient.Request(url: "https://localhost:\(localHTTPBin.port)/post", method: .POST)
+            request.body = .string(body)
+            if let algorithm = algorithm {
+                request.headers.add(name: "Accept-Encoding", value: algorithm)
+            }
+
+            let response = try localClient.execute(request: request).wait()
+            var responseBody = try XCTUnwrap(response.body)
+            let data = try responseBody.readJSONDecodable(RequestInfo.self, length: responseBody.readableBytes)
+
+            XCTAssertEqual(.ok, response.status)
+            let contentLength = try XCTUnwrap(response.headers["Content-Length"].first.flatMap { Int($0) })
+            XCTAssertGreaterThan(body.count, contentLength)
+            if let algorithm = algorithm {
+                XCTAssertEqual(algorithm, response.headers["Content-Encoding"].first)
+            } else {
+                XCTAssertEqual("deflate", response.headers["Content-Encoding"].first)
+            }
+            XCTAssertEqual(body, data?.data)
+        }
+    }
+
     func testDecompressionLimit() throws {
         let localHTTPBin = HTTPBin(.http1_1(compress: true))
         let localClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .shared(self.clientGroup), configuration: .init(decompression: .enabled(limit: .ratio(1))))