diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index afb0db4a7..206701ec4 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -2073,6 +2073,10 @@ int select_compression_response_header(struct session *s, struct buffer *res)
 	if (!(msg->flags & HTTP_MSGF_TE_CHNK) && msg->body_len == 0)
 		goto fail;
 
+	/* TEMPORARY WORKAROUND: do not compress if response is chunked !!!!!! */
+	if (msg->flags & HTTP_MSGF_TE_CHNK)
+		goto fail;
+
 	/* content is already compressed */
 	ctx.idx = 0;
 	if (http_find_header2("Content-Encoding", 16, res->p, &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx))