diff --git a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/protocol/LumberjackClient.java b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/protocol/LumberjackClient.java
index 59384f3..024d4fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/protocol/LumberjackClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/protocol/LumberjackClient.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package info.fetter.logstashforwarder.protocol;
 
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@ import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 
 import javax.net.SocketFactory;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ public class LumberjackClient {
 	private final static byte FRAME_ACK = 0x41;
 	private final static byte FRAME_WINDOW_SIZE = 0x57;
 	private final static byte FRAME_DATA = 0x44;
+	private final static byte FRAME_COMPRESSED = 0x43;
 	
 	private SSLSocket socket;
 	private KeyStore keyStore;
@@ -88,6 +92,34 @@ public class LumberjackClient {
 		return sendDataFrame(output, keyValues);
 	}
 	
+	public int sendCompressedFrame(List<Map<String,byte[]>> keyValuesList) throws IOException {
+		output.writeByte(PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+		output.writeByte(FRAME_COMPRESSED);
+		
+		ByteArrayOutputStream uncompressedBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		DataOutputStream uncompressedOutput = new DataOutputStream(uncompressedBytes);
+		for(Map<String,byte[]> keyValues : keyValuesList) {
+			sendDataFrame(uncompressedOutput, keyValues);
+		}
+		uncompressedOutput.close();
+		Deflater compressor = new Deflater();
+		compressor.setInput(uncompressedBytes.toByteArray());
+		compressor.finish();
+		
+		ByteArrayOutputStream compressedBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+		while(!compressor.finished()) {
+			int count = compressor.deflate(buffer);
+			compressedBytes.write(buffer, 0, count);
+		}
+		compressedBytes.close();
+		
+		output.writeInt(compressor.getTotalOut());
+		output.write(compressedBytes.toByteArray());
+		
+		return 6 + compressor.getTotalOut();
+	}
+	
 	public int readAckFrame() throws IOException {
 		byte protocolVersion = input.readByte();
 		if(protocolVersion != PROTOCOL_VERSION) {