This functionality was misplaced in mod_gzip anyway. In Apache 2.x, you do that with content negotiation. Specifically, you need to enable MultiViews with the Options directive and you need to specify your encoding types with the AddEncoding directive.
You should use http headers to indicate a connection can accept gzip encoded data, e.g: HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(url); request.addHeader(“Accept-Encoding”, “gzip”); // … httpClient.execute(request); Check response for content encoding: InputStream instream = response.getEntity().getContent(); Header contentEncoding = response.getFirstHeader(“Content-Encoding”); if (contentEncoding != null && contentEncoding.getValue().equalsIgnoreCase(“gzip”)) { instream = new GZIPInputStream(instream); }