diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go
index c75825ec53f..e25994721d1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// UserAgent is an optional field that specifies the caller of this request.
 	UserAgent string
 
+	// DisableCompression bypasses automatic GZip compression requests to the
+	// server.
+	DisableCompression bool
+
 	// Transport may be used for custom HTTP behavior. This attribute may not
 	// be specified with the TLS client certificate options. Use WrapTransport
 	// to provide additional per-server middleware behavior.
@@ -500,12 +504,13 @@ func AnonymousClientConfig(config *Config) *Config {
 			CAFile:     config.TLSClientConfig.CAFile,
 			CAData:     config.TLSClientConfig.CAData,
 		},
-		RateLimiter: config.RateLimiter,
-		UserAgent:   config.UserAgent,
-		QPS:         config.QPS,
-		Burst:       config.Burst,
-		Timeout:     config.Timeout,
-		Dial:        config.Dial,
+		RateLimiter:        config.RateLimiter,
+		UserAgent:          config.UserAgent,
+		DisableCompression: config.DisableCompression,
+		QPS:                config.QPS,
+		Burst:              config.Burst,
+		Timeout:            config.Timeout,
+		Dial:               config.Dial,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -537,13 +542,14 @@ func CopyConfig(config *Config) *Config {
 			KeyData:    config.TLSClientConfig.KeyData,
 			CAData:     config.TLSClientConfig.CAData,
 		},
-		UserAgent:     config.UserAgent,
-		Transport:     config.Transport,
-		WrapTransport: config.WrapTransport,
-		QPS:           config.QPS,
-		Burst:         config.Burst,
-		RateLimiter:   config.RateLimiter,
-		Timeout:       config.Timeout,
-		Dial:          config.Dial,
+		UserAgent:          config.UserAgent,
+		DisableCompression: config.DisableCompression,
+		Transport:          config.Transport,
+		WrapTransport:      config.WrapTransport,
+		QPS:                config.QPS,
+		Burst:              config.Burst,
+		RateLimiter:        config.RateLimiter,
+		Timeout:            config.Timeout,
+		Dial:               config.Dial,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config_test.go
index fa58f087c1b..f4ba5f00e90 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config_test.go
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ func TestConfigSprint(t *testing.T) {
 		Dial:          fakeDialFunc,
 	}
 	want := fmt.Sprintf(
-		`&rest.Config{Host:"localhost:8080", APIPath:"v1", ContentConfig:rest.ContentConfig{AcceptContentTypes:"application/json", ContentType:"application/json", GroupVersion:(*schema.GroupVersion)(nil), NegotiatedSerializer:runtime.NegotiatedSerializer(nil)}, Username:"gopher", Password:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerToken:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerTokenFile:"", Impersonate:rest.ImpersonationConfig{UserName:"gopher2", Groups:[]string(nil), Extra:map[string][]string(nil)}, AuthProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Name: "gopher", Config: map[string]string{--- REDACTED ---}}, AuthConfigPersister:rest.AuthProviderConfigPersister(--- REDACTED ---), ExecProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Command: "sudo", Args: []string{"--- REDACTED ---"}, Env: []ExecEnvVar{--- REDACTED ---}, APIVersion: ""}, TLSClientConfig:rest.sanitizedTLSClientConfig{Insecure:false, ServerName:"", CertFile:"a.crt", KeyFile:"a.key", CAFile:"", CertData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x54, 0x52, 0x55, 0x4e, 0x43, 0x41, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, KeyData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x52, 0x45, 0x44, 0x41, 0x43, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, CAData:[]uint8(nil)}, UserAgent:"gobot", Transport:(*rest.fakeRoundTripper)(%p), WrapTransport:(transport.WrapperFunc)(%p), QPS:1, Burst:2, RateLimiter:(*rest.fakeLimiter)(%p), Timeout:3000000000, Dial:(func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error))(%p)}`,
+		`&rest.Config{Host:"localhost:8080", APIPath:"v1", ContentConfig:rest.ContentConfig{AcceptContentTypes:"application/json", ContentType:"application/json", GroupVersion:(*schema.GroupVersion)(nil), NegotiatedSerializer:runtime.NegotiatedSerializer(nil)}, Username:"gopher", Password:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerToken:"--- REDACTED ---", BearerTokenFile:"", Impersonate:rest.ImpersonationConfig{UserName:"gopher2", Groups:[]string(nil), Extra:map[string][]string(nil)}, AuthProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Name: "gopher", Config: map[string]string{--- REDACTED ---}}, AuthConfigPersister:rest.AuthProviderConfigPersister(--- REDACTED ---), ExecProvider:api.AuthProviderConfig{Command: "sudo", Args: []string{"--- REDACTED ---"}, Env: []ExecEnvVar{--- REDACTED ---}, APIVersion: ""}, TLSClientConfig:rest.sanitizedTLSClientConfig{Insecure:false, ServerName:"", CertFile:"a.crt", KeyFile:"a.key", CAFile:"", CertData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x54, 0x52, 0x55, 0x4e, 0x43, 0x41, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, KeyData:[]uint8{0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x52, 0x45, 0x44, 0x41, 0x43, 0x54, 0x45, 0x44, 0x20, 0x2d, 0x2d, 0x2d}, CAData:[]uint8(nil)}, UserAgent:"gobot", DisableCompression:false, Transport:(*rest.fakeRoundTripper)(%p), WrapTransport:(transport.WrapperFunc)(%p), QPS:1, Burst:2, RateLimiter:(*rest.fakeLimiter)(%p), Timeout:3000000000, Dial:(func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error))(%p)}`,
 		c.Transport, fakeWrapperFunc, c.RateLimiter, fakeDialFunc,
 	)
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/transport.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/transport.go
index de33ecbfc36..81b9dfde33a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/transport.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/transport.go
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ func HTTPWrappersForConfig(config *Config, rt http.RoundTripper) (http.RoundTrip
 // TransportConfig converts a client config to an appropriate transport config.
 func (c *Config) TransportConfig() (*transport.Config, error) {
 	conf := &transport.Config{
-		UserAgent:     c.UserAgent,
-		Transport:     c.Transport,
-		WrapTransport: c.WrapTransport,
+		UserAgent:          c.UserAgent,
+		Transport:          c.Transport,
+		WrapTransport:      c.WrapTransport,
+		DisableCompression: c.DisableCompression,
 		TLS: transport.TLSConfig{
 			Insecure:   c.Insecure,
 			ServerName: c.ServerName,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/cache.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/cache.go
index 7cffe2a5faf..12c669037c4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/cache.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/cache.go
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ const idleConnsPerHost = 25
 var tlsCache = &tlsTransportCache{transports: make(map[tlsCacheKey]*http.Transport)}
 
 type tlsCacheKey struct {
-	insecure   bool
-	caData     string
-	certData   string
-	keyData    string
-	getCert    string
-	serverName string
-	dial       string
+	insecure           bool
+	caData             string
+	certData           string
+	keyData            string
+	getCert            string
+	serverName         string
+	dial               string
+	disableCompression bool
 }
 
 func (t tlsCacheKey) String() string {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (t tlsCacheKey) String() string {
 	if len(t.keyData) > 0 {
 		keyText = "<redacted>"
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("insecure:%v, caData:%#v, certData:%#v, keyData:%s, getCert: %s, serverName:%s, dial:%s", t.insecure, t.caData, t.certData, keyText, t.getCert, t.serverName, t.dial)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("insecure:%v, caData:%#v, certData:%#v, keyData:%s, getCert: %s, serverName:%s, dial:%s disableCompression:%t", t.insecure, t.caData, t.certData, keyText, t.getCert, t.serverName, t.dial, t.disableCompression)
 }
 
 func (c *tlsTransportCache) get(config *Config) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ func (c *tlsTransportCache) get(config *Config) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
 		TLSClientConfig:     tlsConfig,
 		MaxIdleConnsPerHost: idleConnsPerHost,
 		DialContext:         dial,
+		DisableCompression:  config.DisableCompression,
 	})
 	return c.transports[key], nil
 }
@@ -106,12 +108,13 @@ func tlsConfigKey(c *Config) (tlsCacheKey, error) {
 		return tlsCacheKey{}, err
 	}
 	return tlsCacheKey{
-		insecure:   c.TLS.Insecure,
-		caData:     string(c.TLS.CAData),
-		certData:   string(c.TLS.CertData),
-		keyData:    string(c.TLS.KeyData),
-		getCert:    fmt.Sprintf("%p", c.TLS.GetCert),
-		serverName: c.TLS.ServerName,
-		dial:       fmt.Sprintf("%p", c.Dial),
+		insecure:           c.TLS.Insecure,
+		caData:             string(c.TLS.CAData),
+		certData:           string(c.TLS.CertData),
+		keyData:            string(c.TLS.KeyData),
+		getCert:            fmt.Sprintf("%p", c.TLS.GetCert),
+		serverName:         c.TLS.ServerName,
+		dial:               fmt.Sprintf("%p", c.Dial),
+		disableCompression: c.DisableCompression,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/config.go
index 5de0a2cb101..8a73589e177 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/config.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Impersonate is the config that this Config will impersonate using
 	Impersonate ImpersonationConfig
 
+	// DisableCompression bypasses automatic GZip compression requests to the
+	// server.
+	DisableCompression bool
+
 	// Transport may be used for custom HTTP behavior. This attribute may
 	// not be specified with the TLS client certificate options. Use
 	// WrapTransport for most client level operations.