diff --git a/auth/oauth.go b/auth/oauth.go
index bc567385..3a3da407 100644
--- a/auth/oauth.go
+++ b/auth/oauth.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package auth
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
 	"net/http"
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 type authCodeFn func(string) func() string
 
-func NewFileSourceClient(clientId, clientSecret, tokenFile string, authFn authCodeFn) (*http.Client, error) {
+func NewFileSourceClient(clientId, clientSecret string, ctx context.Context, tokenFile string, authFn authCodeFn) (*http.Client, error) {
 	conf := getConfig(clientId, clientSecret)
 
 	// Read cached token
@@ -31,12 +32,12 @@ func NewFileSourceClient(clientId, clientSecret, tokenFile string, authFn authCo
 	}
 
 	return oauth2.NewClient(
-		oauth2.NoContext,
+		ctx,
 		FileSource(tokenFile, token, conf),
 	), nil
 }
 
-func NewRefreshTokenClient(clientId, clientSecret, refreshToken string) *http.Client {
+func NewRefreshTokenClient(clientId, clientSecret string, ctx context.Context, refreshToken string) *http.Client {
 	conf := getConfig(clientId, clientSecret)
 
 	token := &oauth2.Token{
@@ -46,12 +47,12 @@ func NewRefreshTokenClient(clientId, clientSecret, refreshToken string) *http.Cl
 	}
 
 	return oauth2.NewClient(
-		oauth2.NoContext,
+		ctx,
 		conf.TokenSource(oauth2.NoContext, token),
 	)
 }
 
-func NewAccessTokenClient(clientId, clientSecret, accessToken string) *http.Client {
+func NewAccessTokenClient(clientId, clientSecret string, ctx context.Context, accessToken string) *http.Client {
 	conf := getConfig(clientId, clientSecret)
 
 	token := &oauth2.Token{
@@ -60,12 +61,12 @@ func NewAccessTokenClient(clientId, clientSecret, accessToken string) *http.Clie
 	}
 
 	return oauth2.NewClient(
-		oauth2.NoContext,
+		ctx,
 		conf.TokenSource(oauth2.NoContext, token),
 	)
 }
 
-func NewServiceAccountClient(serviceAccountFile string) (*http.Client, error) {
+func NewServiceAccountClient(serviceAccountFile string, ctx context.Context) (*http.Client, error) {
 	content, exists, err := ReadFile(serviceAccountFile)
 	if(!exists) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Service account filename %q not found", serviceAccountFile)
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ func NewServiceAccountClient(serviceAccountFile string) (*http.Client, error) {
 	if(err != nil) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return conf.Client(oauth2.NoContext), nil
+	return conf.Client(ctx), nil
 }
 
 func getConfig(clientId, clientSecret string) *oauth2.Config {
diff --git a/gdrive.go b/gdrive.go
index a505d789..492ca666 100644
--- a/gdrive.go
+++ b/gdrive.go
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ func main() {
 			Patterns:    []string{"--service-account"},
 			Description: "Oauth service account filename, used for server to server communication without user interaction (filename path is relative to config dir)",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:        "disable-compression",
+			Patterns:    []string{"--disable-compression"},
+			Description: "Disable gzip compression in HTTP requests. This might be useful to trade higher bandwidth for reduced CPU.",
+			OmitValue:   true},
 	}
 
 	handlers := []*cli.Handler{
diff --git a/handlers_drive.go b/handlers_drive.go
index 7bda872f..e1d7ac52 100644
--- a/handlers_drive.go
+++ b/handlers_drive.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -345,19 +347,25 @@ func getOauthClient(args cli.Arguments) (*http.Client, error) {
 		ExitF("Access token not needed when refresh token is provided")
 	}
 
+	oauth_context := context.TODO()
+	if args.Bool("disable-compression") {
+		oauth_context = context.WithValue(oauth_context, oauth2.HTTPClient,
+			&http.Client{Transport: &http.Transport{DisableCompression: true}})
+	}
+
 	if args.String("refreshToken") != "" {
-		return auth.NewRefreshTokenClient(ClientId, ClientSecret, args.String("refreshToken")), nil
+		return auth.NewRefreshTokenClient(ClientId, ClientSecret, oauth_context, args.String("refreshToken")), nil
 	}
 
 	if args.String("accessToken") != "" {
-		return auth.NewAccessTokenClient(ClientId, ClientSecret, args.String("accessToken")), nil
+		return auth.NewAccessTokenClient(ClientId, ClientSecret, oauth_context, args.String("accessToken")), nil
 	}
 
 	configDir := getConfigDir(args)
 
 	if args.String("serviceAccount") != "" {
 		serviceAccountPath := ConfigFilePath(configDir, args.String("serviceAccount"))
-		serviceAccountClient, err := auth.NewServiceAccountClient(serviceAccountPath)
+		serviceAccountClient, err := auth.NewServiceAccountClient(serviceAccountPath, oauth_context)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -365,7 +373,7 @@ func getOauthClient(args cli.Arguments) (*http.Client, error) {
 	}
 
 	tokenPath := ConfigFilePath(configDir, TokenFilename)
-	return auth.NewFileSourceClient(ClientId, ClientSecret, tokenPath, authCodePrompt)
+	return auth.NewFileSourceClient(ClientId, ClientSecret, oauth_context, tokenPath, authCodePrompt)
 }
 
 func getConfigDir(args cli.Arguments) string {