diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 729ceb43..070d1381 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,13 +50,12 @@ Planned milestones and features:
 
 ### Features
 
-The library offers several advanced features, especially at websocket and ocpp-j level.
+The library offers several advanced features, especially at `websocket` and `ocpp-j` level.
 
 #### Automatic message validation
 
 All incoming and outgoing messages are validated by default, using the [validator](gopkg.in/go-playground/validator)
-package.
-Constraints are defined on every request/response struct, as per OCPP specs.
+package. Constraints are defined on every request/response struct, as per OCPP specs.
 
 Validation may be disabled at a package level if needed:
 
@@ -89,12 +88,15 @@ Commonly used logging libraries, such as zap or logrus, adhere to this interface
 If you are using a logger, that isn't conform, you can simply write an adapter between the `Logger` interface and your
 own logging system.
 
-#### Websocket ping-pong
+### Websockets
+
+#### Ping and pong messages
 
 The websocket package supports configuring ping pong for both endpoints.
 
 By default, the client sends a ping every 54 seconds and waits for a pong for 60 seconds, before timing out.
 The values can be configured as follows:
+
 ```go
 cfg := ws.NewClientTimeoutConfig()
 cfg.PingPeriod = 10 * time.Second
@@ -102,8 +104,10 @@ cfg.PongWait = 20 * time.Second
 websocketClient.SetTimeoutConfig(cfg)
 ```
 
-By default, the server does not send out any pings and waits for a ping from the client for 60 seconds, before timing out.
+By default, the server does not send out any pings and waits for a ping from the client for 60 seconds, before timing
+out.
 To configure the server to send out pings, the `PingPeriod` and `PongWait` must be set to a value greater than 0:
+
 ```go
 cfg := ws.NewServerTimeoutConfig()
 cfg.PingPeriod = 10 * time.Second
@@ -113,6 +117,27 @@ websocketServer.SetTimeoutConfig(cfg)
 
 To disable sending ping messages, set the `PingPeriod` value to `0`.
 
+#### Websocket compression
+
+You can enable websocket compression on both the client and server side.
+To enable compression on the client side, use the following code:
+
+```go
+websocketClient := ws.NewClient(
+    WithClientCompression(true),
+)
+
+```
+
+To enable compression on the server side, use the following code:
+
+```go
+websocketServer := ws.NewServer(
+ws.WithCompression(true),
+)
+
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Contributions are welcome! Please refer to the [testing](docs/testing.md) guide for instructions on how to run the
diff --git a/ws/client.go b/ws/client.go
index 1d224c80..703c28ed 100644
--- a/ws/client.go
+++ b/ws/client.go
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ func WithClientTLSConfig(tlsConfig *tls.Config) ClientOpt {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithClientCompression(enable bool) ClientOpt {
+	return func(c *client) {
+		c.dialOptions = append(c.dialOptions, func(dialer *websocket.Dialer) {
+			dialer.EnableCompression = enable
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // NewClient creates a new websocket client.
 //
 // If the optional tlsConfig is not nil, and the server supports secure communication,
diff --git a/ws/server.go b/ws/server.go
index 7aaf03b2..1b511876 100644
--- a/ws/server.go
+++ b/ws/server.go
@@ -140,12 +140,14 @@ type server struct {
 	basicAuthHandler      func(username string, password string) bool
 	tlsCertificatePath    string
 	tlsCertificateKey     string
-	timeoutConfig         ServerTimeoutConfig
-	upgrader              websocket.Upgrader
-	errC                  chan error
-	connMutex             sync.RWMutex
-	addr                  *net.TCPAddr
-	httpHandler           *mux.Router
+	// enableCompression is used to enable or disable compression for the websocket connections.
+	enableCompression bool
+	timeoutConfig     ServerTimeoutConfig
+	upgrader          websocket.Upgrader
+	errC              chan error
+	connMutex         sync.RWMutex
+	addr              *net.TCPAddr
+	httpHandler       *mux.Router
 }
 
 // ServerOpt is a function that can be used to set options on a server during creation.
@@ -163,6 +165,14 @@ func WithServerTLSConfig(certificatePath string, certificateKey string, tlsConfi
 	}
 }
 
+// WithCompression enables or disables compression for the websocket connections.
+// By default, compression is disabled.
+func WithCompression(enabled bool) ServerOpt {
+	return func(s *server) {
+		s.enableCompression = enabled
+	}
+}
+
 // NewServer Creates a new websocket server.
 //
 // Additional options may be added using the AddOption function.
@@ -195,6 +205,8 @@ func NewServer(opts ...ServerOpt) Server {
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o(s)
 	}
+
+	s.upgrader.EnableCompression = s.enableCompression
 	return s
 }
 
diff --git a/ws/websocket_test.go b/ws/websocket_test.go
index 7cde5c1c..12ff1b20 100644
--- a/ws/websocket_test.go
+++ b/ws/websocket_test.go
@@ -355,6 +355,31 @@ func (s *WebSocketSuite) TestWebsocketChargePointIdResolverFailure() {
 	s.Equal("websocket: bad handshake", httpErr.Message)
 }
 
+func (s *WebSocketSuite) TestWebsocketEnableCompression() {
+	s.server = newWebsocketServer(s.T(), func(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		s.Fail("no message should be received from client!")
+		return nil, nil
+	})
+	s.server.upgrader.EnableCompression = true
+	go s.server.Start(serverPort, serverPath)
+	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	// Test message
+	s.client = newWebsocketClient(s.T(), func(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		s.Fail("no message should be received from server!")
+		return nil, nil
+	})
+
+	host := fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%v", serverPort)
+	u := url.URL{Scheme: "ws", Host: host, Path: testPath}
+	s.client.AddOption(func(dialer *websocket.Dialer) {
+		dialer.EnableCompression = true
+	})
+	// Attempt to connect, expecting compression to be enabled
+	err := s.client.Start(u.String())
+	s.NoError(err)
+}
+
 func (s *WebSocketSuite) TestWebsocketBootRetries() {
 	verifyConnection := func(client *client, connected bool) {
 		maxAttempts := 20