diff --git a/bin/pg_backrest.pl b/bin/pg_backrest.pl
index b93c660c1..deda32aef 100755
--- a/bin/pg_backrest.pl
+++ b/bin/pg_backrest.pl
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ if ($strOperation eq OP_ARCHIVE_PUSH || $strOperation eq OP_ARCHIVE_PULL)
             undef,
             $oFile,
             undef,
+            $bCompress,
             undef,
             !$bChecksum
         );
@@ -421,6 +422,7 @@ if ($strOperation eq OP_ARCHIVE_PUSH || $strOperation eq OP_ARCHIVE_PULL)
                 undef,
                 $oFile,
                 undef,
+                $bCompress,
                 undef,
                 !$bChecksum,
                 config_load(CONFIG_SECTION_BACKUP, CONFIG_KEY_THREAD_MAX),
@@ -459,6 +461,7 @@ if ($strOperation eq OP_ARCHIVE_PUSH || $strOperation eq OP_ARCHIVE_PULL)
                     undef,
                     $oFile,
                     undef,
+                    $bCompress,
                     undef,
                     !$bChecksum,
                     config_load(CONFIG_SECTION_BACKUP, CONFIG_KEY_THREAD_MAX),
@@ -553,6 +556,7 @@ backup_init
     $oDb,
     $oFile,
     $strType,
+    config_load(CONFIG_SECTION_BACKUP, CONFIG_KEY_COMPRESS, true, "y") eq "y" ? true : false,
     config_load(CONFIG_SECTION_BACKUP, CONFIG_KEY_HARDLINK, true, "n") eq "y" ? true : false,
     !$bChecksum,
     config_load(CONFIG_SECTION_BACKUP, CONFIG_KEY_THREAD_MAX),
diff --git a/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm b/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm
index a025c438c..ff065f3f4 100644
--- a/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm
+++ b/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(backup_init backup_thread_kill archive_push archive_pull archiv
 my $oDb;
 my $oFile;
 my $strType = "incremental";        # Type of backup: full, differential (diff), incremental (incr)
+my $bCompress;
 my $bHardLink;
-my $bCompress = true;
 my $bNoChecksum;
 my $iThreadMax;
 my $iThreadLocalMax;
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ sub backup_init
     my $oDbParam = shift;
     my $oFileParam = shift;
     my $strTypeParam = shift;
+    my $bCompressParam = shift;
     my $bHardLinkParam = shift;
     my $bNoChecksumParam = shift;
     my $iThreadMaxParam = shift;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ sub backup_init
     $oDb = $oDbParam;
     $oFile = $oFileParam;
     $strType = $strTypeParam;
+    $bCompress = $bCompressParam;
     $bHardLink = $bHardLinkParam;
     $bNoChecksum = $bNoChecksumParam;
     $iThreadMax = $iThreadMaxParam;
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ sub archive_push
     $oFile->copy(PATH_DB_ABSOLUTE, $strSourceFile,             # Source file
                  PATH_BACKUP_ARCHIVE, $strDestinationFile,     # Destination file
                  false,                                        # Source is not compressed
-                 false,                                        # !!! For now, compress destination
+                 $bCompress,                                   # Destination compress is configurable
                  undef, undef, undef,                          # Unused params
                  true);                                        # Create path if it does not exist
 }
@@ -1392,7 +1394,7 @@ sub backup
             $oFile->copy(PATH_BACKUP_ARCHIVE, $stryArchiveFile[0],
                          PATH_BACKUP_TMP, "base/pg_xlog/${strArchive}",
                          $stryArchiveFile[0] =~ "^.*\.$oFile->{strCompressExtension}\$",
-                         false); # !!! THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED
+                         $bCompress);
         }
     }