diff --git a/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php b/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php
index 5e29b58a..2a803984 100644
--- a/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php
+++ b/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProto.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class MTProto
     /*
         const V = 71;
     */
-    const V = 73;
+    const V = 74;
 
     const NOT_LOGGED_IN = 0;
     const WAITING_CODE = 1;
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ class MTProto
             'peer'      => [
                 'full_info_cache_time' => 60,
             ],
+            'requests' => [
+                'gzip_encode_if_gt' => 500  // Should I try using gzip encoding for requests bigger than N bytes? Set to -1 to disable.
+            ],
             'updates'   => [
                 'handle_updates'      => true, // Should I handle updates?
                 'callback'            => 'get_updates_update_handler', // A callable function that will be called every time an update is received, must accept an array (for the update) as the only parameter
diff --git a/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProtoTools/CallHandler.php b/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProtoTools/CallHandler.php
index e50f5b8b..f5243baa 100644
--- a/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProtoTools/CallHandler.php
+++ b/src/danog/MadelineProto/MTProtoTools/CallHandler.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ trait CallHandler
         if (isset($queue)) {
             $serialized = $this->serialize_method('invokeAfterMsgs', ['msg_ids' => $this->datacenter->sockets[$aargs['datacenter']]->call_queue[$queue], 'query' => $serialized]);
         }
-        if (($l = strlen($serialized)) > 500 && ($g = strlen($gzipped = gzencode($serialized))) < $l) {
+        if ($this->settings['requests']['gzip_encode_if_gt'] !== -1 && ($l = strlen($serialized)) > $this->settings['requests']['gzip_encode_if_gt'] && ($g = strlen($gzipped = gzencode($serialized))) < $l) {
             $serialized = $this->serialize_object(['type' => 'gzip_packed'], ['packed_data' => $gzipped], 'gzipped data');
             \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::log(['Using GZIP compression for '.$method.', saved '.($l - $g).' bytes of data, reduced call size by '.($g * 100 / $l).'%'], \danog\MadelineProto\Logger::VERBOSE);
         }