diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46f7c452b4..b8bb385180 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ httpbench-release:
 		src/deps/zlib/libz.a \
 		src/deps/libarchive.a \
 		src/deps/libssl.a \
+		src/deps/libcrypto.a \
 		src/deps/picohttpparser.o \
 		$(LIBCRYPTO_STATIC_LIB)
 
diff --git a/src/feature_flags.zig b/src/feature_flags.zig
index 40192800a3..e25171b46b 100644
--- a/src/feature_flags.zig
+++ b/src/feature_flags.zig
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub const include_filename_in_jsx = false;
 
 pub const verbose_analytics = false;
 
-pub const disable_compression_in_http_client = true;
+pub const disable_compression_in_http_client = false;
 
 // Not sure why...
 // But this is slower!