diff --git a/lib/parser.js b/lib/parser.js
index 2852b5f9249a59adf8f51f3451181ac2c994bc54..50e16ca0a97c98d7048122d5427fe467058485fb 100644
--- a/lib/parser.js
+++ b/lib/parser.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const http = require('http');
 const https = require('https');
 const xml2js = require('xml2js');
 const url = require('url');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
 
 const fields = require('./fields');
 const utils = require('./utils');
@@ -88,14 +89,27 @@ class Parser {
           return reject(new Error("Status code " + res.statusCode))
         }
         let encoding = utils.getEncodingFromContentType(res.headers['content-type']);
-        res.setEncoding(encoding);
-        res.on('data', (chunk) => {
-          xml += chunk;
-        });
-        res.on('end', () => {
-          return this.parseString(xml).then(resolve, reject);
-        });
-      })
+        const contentEncoding = (res.headers['content-encoding'] || '').toLowerCase();
+        if (contentEncoding === 'gzip') {
+          const gunzip = zlib.createGunzip();
+          const chunks = [];
+          gunzip.on('data', (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk));
+          gunzip.on('end', () => {
+            const decompressed = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString(encoding);
+            return this.parseString(decompressed).then(resolve, reject);
+          });
+          gunzip.on('error', reject);
+          res.pipe(gunzip);
+        } else {
+          res.setEncoding(encoding);
+          res.on('data', (chunk) => {
+            xml += chunk;
+          });
+          res.on('end', () => {
+            return this.parseString(xml).then(resolve, reject);
+          });
+        }
+      });
       req.on('error', reject);
       timeout = setTimeout(() => {
         return reject(new Error("Request timed out after " + this.options.timeout + "ms"));