diff --git a/lib/std/http.zig b/lib/std/http.zig
index 424cbc8bb7..12dc4b89cd 100644
--- a/lib/std/http.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http.zig
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ pub const TransferEncoding = enum {
 };
 
 pub const ContentEncoding = enum {
+    identity,
     compress,
     deflate,
     gzip,
diff --git a/lib/std/http/Client.zig b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
index ed7c24e931..bfb96f2cfc 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Client.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ pub const Request = struct {
                 req.response.skip = false;
                 if (!req.response.parser.done) {
                     if (req.response.transfer_compression) |tc| switch (tc) {
+                        .identity => req.response.compression = .none,
                         .compress => return error.CompressionNotSupported,
                         .deflate => req.response.compression = .{
                             .deflate = std.compress.zlib.decompressStream(req.client.allocator, req.transferReader()) catch return error.CompressionInitializationFailed,
diff --git a/lib/std/http/Server.zig b/lib/std/http/Server.zig
index c493cc1bab..04bdfe39b7 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Server.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Server.zig
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ pub const Response = struct {
 
         if (!res.request.parser.done) {
             if (res.request.transfer_compression) |tc| switch (tc) {
+                .identity => res.request.compression = .none,
                 .compress => return error.CompressionNotSupported,
                 .deflate => res.request.compression = .{
                     .deflate = std.compress.zlib.decompressStream(res.allocator, res.transferReader()) catch return error.CompressionInitializationFailed,