diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpClient.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpClient.java
index a85e2a1c..a363b931 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpClient.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpClient.java
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ public class HttpClient {
             sOkHttpInterceptor = new HttpInterceptor();
             addHeaderForAllRequests(HttpConstants.USER_AGENT_HEADER, OwnCloudClientManagerFactory.getUserAgent());
             addHeaderForAllRequests(HttpConstants.PARAM_SINGLE_COOKIE_HEADER, "true");
+            addHeaderForAllRequests(HttpConstants.ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER, HttpConstants.ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY);
         }
         return sOkHttpInterceptor;
     }
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java
index 35ed4784..cef4e75d 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/http/HttpConstants.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public class HttpConstants {
     public static final String LOCATION_HEADER = "Location";
     public static final String LOCATION_HEADER_LOWER = "location";
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE_URLENCODED_UTF8 = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8";
+    public static final String ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER = "Accept-Encoding";
+    public static final String ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY = "identity";
 
     /***********************************************************************************************************
      ************************************************ STATUS CODES *********************************************