diff --git a/include/profiles b/include/profiles
index 60f9a707..39907c2e 100644
--- a/include/profiles
+++ b/include/profiles
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@
                 UPDATE_LOCAL_VERSION_INFO="${VALUE}"
             ;;
 
+            # Compression of uploads (enabled by default)
+            upload_compressed)
+                if [ "${VALUE}" = "0" ]; then OPTIONS_COMPRESSED_UPLOADS=1 ]; fi
+            ;;
+
             # Options during upload of data
             upload_options)
                 UPLOAD_OPTIONS="${VALUE}"