diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java
index e10ed96147..8f534220ce 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java
@@ -270,6 +270,19 @@ private static void cmdBuild(CommandLine cli, Config config) {
         if (cli.hasOption("use-aapt1")) {
             config.useAapt2 = false;
         }
+        if (cli.hasOption("l") ||cli.hasOption("compression-level")) {
+            try {
+                int intValue = Integer.parseInt(cli.getOptionValue("l"));
+                if (intValue < -1 || intValue > 9) {
+                    System.err.println("Compression level must be a value between 0 and 9 or -1 for default.");
+                    System.exit(1);
+                }
+                config.zipCompressionLevel = intValue;
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                System.err.println("Compression level isn't a number.");
+                System.exit(1);
+            }
+        }
 
         if (cli.hasOption("use-aapt1") && cli.hasOption("use-aapt2")) {
             System.err.println("You can only use one of --use-aapt1 or --use-aapt2.");
@@ -471,6 +484,13 @@ private static void _options() {
                 .desc("Disable crunching of resource files during the build step.")
                 .build();
 
+        Option compressionLevelOption = Option.builder("l")
+            .longOpt("compression-level")
+            .desc("Zip file compression level (A number between 0 and 9 or -1 for default)")
+            .hasArg(true)
+            .argName("level")
+            .build();
+
         Option tagOption = Option.builder("t")
                 .longOpt("tag")
                 .desc("Tag frameworks using <tag>.")
@@ -579,6 +599,7 @@ private static void _options() {
         allOptions.addOption(aapt2Option);
         allOptions.addOption(noCrunchOption);
         allOptions.addOption(onlyMainClassesOption);
+        allOptions.addOption(compressionLevelOption);
     }
 
     private static String verbosityHelp() {
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/ApkBuilder.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/ApkBuilder.java
index 39eecdb66b..61bacbec5a 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/ApkBuilder.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/ApkBuilder.java
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ private void buildUnknownFiles(File outFile) throws AndrolibException {
                 ZipFile inputFile = new ZipFile(tempFile);
                 ZipOutputStream actualOutput = new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(outFile.toPath()))
             ) {
+                actualOutput.setLevel(mConfig.zipCompressionLevel);
                 copyExistingFiles(inputFile, actualOutput);
                 copyUnknownFiles(actualOutput, files);
             } catch (IOException | BrutException ex) {
@@ -534,7 +535,7 @@ private void buildApk(File outApk) throws AndrolibException {
 
     private void zipPackage(File apkFile, File rawDir, File assetDir) throws AndrolibException {
         try {
-            ZipUtils.zipFolders(rawDir, apkFile, assetDir, mApkInfo.doNotCompress);
+            ZipUtils.zipFolders(rawDir, apkFile, assetDir, mApkInfo.doNotCompress, mConfig.zipCompressionLevel);
         } catch (IOException | BrutException ex) {
             throw new AndrolibException(ex);
         }
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Config.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Config.java
index 5ac8b020e1..0aad29e800 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Config.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Config.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 
 public class Config {
     private static Config instance = null;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public class Config {
     public boolean updateFiles = false;
     public boolean useAapt2 = true;
     public boolean noCrunch = false;
+    public int zipCompressionLevel = Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
 
     // Decode options
     public short decodeSources = DECODE_SOURCES_SMALI;
diff --git a/brut.j.dir/src/main/java/brut/directory/ZipUtils.java b/brut.j.dir/src/main/java/brut/directory/ZipUtils.java
index 3e71990016..49c01cd763 100644
--- a/brut.j.dir/src/main/java/brut/directory/ZipUtils.java
+++ b/brut.j.dir/src/main/java/brut/directory/ZipUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.zip.CRC32;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
@@ -36,11 +37,12 @@ private ZipUtils() {
         // Private constructor for utility class
     }
 
-    public static void zipFolders(final File folder, final File zip, final File assets, final Collection<String> doNotCompress)
+    public static void zipFolders(final File folder, final File zip, final File assets, final Collection<String> doNotCompress, final int level)
             throws BrutException, IOException {
 
         mDoNotCompress = doNotCompress;
         ZipOutputStream zipOutputStream = new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(zip.toPath()));
+        zipOutputStream.setLevel(level);
         zipFolders(folder, zipOutputStream);
 
         // We manually set the assets because we need to retain the folder structure