diff --git a/cmd/build.go b/cmd/build.go
index 83f25185..d5b882e0 100644
--- a/cmd/build.go
+++ b/cmd/build.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var buildCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		viper.BindPFlag("database", cmd.Flags().Lookup("database"))
 		viper.BindPFlag("revdeps", cmd.Flags().Lookup("revdeps"))
 		viper.BindPFlag("all", cmd.Flags().Lookup("all"))
+		viper.BindPFlag("compression", cmd.Flags().Lookup("compression"))
 	},
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ var buildCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		revdeps := viper.GetBool("revdeps")
 		all := viper.GetBool("all")
 		databaseType := viper.GetString("database")
+		compressionType := viper.GetString("compression")
 
 		compilerSpecs := compiler.NewLuetCompilationspecs()
 		var compilerBackend compiler.CompilerBackend
@@ -89,7 +91,8 @@ var buildCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			Fatal("Error: " + err.Error())
 		}
 		luetCompiler := compiler.NewLuetCompiler(compilerBackend, generalRecipe.GetDatabase())
-
+		luetCompiler.SetConcurrency(concurrency)
+		luetCompiler.SetCompressionType(compiler.CompressionImplementation(compressionType))
 		if !all {
 			for _, a := range args {
 				decodepackage, err := regexp.Compile(`^([<>]?\~?=?)((([^\/]+)\/)?(?U)(\S+))(-(\d+(\.\d+)*[a-z]?(_(alpha|beta|pre|rc|p)\d*)*(-r\d+)?))?$`)
@@ -125,10 +128,10 @@ var buildCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		var artifact []compiler.Artifact
 		var errs []error
 		if revdeps {
-			artifact, errs = luetCompiler.CompileWithReverseDeps(concurrency, privileged, compilerSpecs)
+			artifact, errs = luetCompiler.CompileWithReverseDeps(privileged, compilerSpecs)
 
 		} else {
-			artifact, errs = luetCompiler.CompileParallel(concurrency, privileged, compilerSpecs)
+			artifact, errs = luetCompiler.CompileParallel(privileged, compilerSpecs)
 
 		}
 		if len(errs) != 0 {
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ func init() {
 	buildCmd.Flags().Bool("revdeps", false, "Build with revdeps")
 	buildCmd.Flags().Bool("all", false, "Build all packages in the tree")
 	buildCmd.Flags().String("destination", path, "Destination folder")
+	buildCmd.Flags().String("compression", "none", "Compression alg: none, gzip")
 
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(buildCmd)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/compiler.go b/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
index c8464a1c..34d26994 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ func (cs *LuetCompiler) SetConcurrency(i int) {
 	cs.Concurrency = i
 }
 
+func (cs *LuetCompiler) SetCompressionType(t CompressionImplementation) {
+	cs.CompressionType = t
+}
+
 func (cs *LuetCompiler) compilerWorker(i int, wg *sync.WaitGroup, cspecs chan CompilationSpec, a *[]Artifact, m *sync.Mutex, concurrency int, keepPermissions bool, errors chan error) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/interface.go b/pkg/compiler/interface.go
index 259f427d..d4fff3ca 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/interface.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type Compiler interface {
 
 	SetBackend(CompilerBackend)
 	GetBackend() CompilerBackend
+	SetCompressionType(t CompressionImplementation)
 }
 
 type CompilerBackendOptions struct {