diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm
index 84b6a6da7..70177d414 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ sub _instantiate_soap {
 
          WebGUI::ErrorHandler::warn('proxy=' . $self->get('proxy'))
             if $self->get('debugMode');
-         $soap->proxy($self->get('proxy'));
+         $soap->proxy($self->get('proxy'),
+            options => {compress_threshold => 10000});
       }
    }