diff --git a/src/ethernet/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ethernet/CMakeLists.txt
index 29ca0be584..e48da84cf5 100644
--- a/src/ethernet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ethernet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
 	${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
+if(COMPRESSION)
+    add_definitions(-DCOMPRESSION)
+endif()
+
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC "rtsp_client/*.h")
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${LIVE}/groupsock/include ${LIVE}/liveMedia/include  ${LIVE}/UsageEnvironment/include ${LIVE}/BasicUsageEnvironment/include inc)
diff --git a/src/ethernet/ethernet-device.cpp b/src/ethernet/ethernet-device.cpp
index 1755357123..3d1e9d256f 100644
--- a/src/ethernet/ethernet-device.cpp
+++ b/src/ethernet/ethernet-device.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ void sig_handler(int signo)
 rs2::ethernet_device::ethernet_device()
 {
 	dev = rs2_create_software_device(NULL);
+#ifdef COMPRESSION
 	idecomress = decompressFrameFactory::create(zipMethod::gzip);
+#endif
 }
 
 rs2::ethernet_device::ethernet_device(std::string url) : ethernet_device()
@@ -168,13 +170,17 @@ void rs2::ethernet_device::pull_from_queue(int stream_index)
 			//const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
 			Frame* frame = frame_queues[stream_index].front();
 			frame_queues[stream_index].pop();
+#ifdef COMPRESSION			
 			if (stream_index == 0) {
 				// depth
 				idecomress->decompressFrame((unsigned char *)frame->m_buffer, frame->m_size, (unsigned char*)(last_frame[stream_index].pixels));
 			} else {
 				// other -> color
+#endif
 				memcpy(last_frame[stream_index].pixels, frame->m_buffer, frame->m_size);
+#ifdef COMPRESSION
 			}
+#endif
 			// delete frame;
 			last_frame[stream_index].timestamp = frame->m_timestamp.tv_sec;
 			last_frame[stream_index].frame_number++;
diff --git a/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt
index 21eb10f35e..974cd7c1a6 100644
--- a/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 
 target_link_libraries(rs-server ${DEPENDENCIES} realsense2 ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
+if(COMPRESSION)
+    add_definitions(-DCOMPRESSION)
+endif()
+
 set_target_properties (rs-server PROPERTIES
     FOLDER Tools
 )
diff --git a/tools/rs-server/RsSource.cpp b/tools/rs-server/RsSource.cpp
index c03cc7341f..aa0f30185a 100644
--- a/tools/rs-server/RsSource.cpp
+++ b/tools/rs-server/RsSource.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ void RsDeviceSource::doGetNextFrame()
 void RsDeviceSource::deliverRSFrame()
 {
 */
+#ifdef COMPRESSION
   IcompressFrame* iCompress =  compressFrameFactory::create(zipMethod::gzip);
+#endif
   if (!isCurrentlyAwaitingData())
   {
     envir() << "isCurrentlyAwaitingData returned false"<<fParams.sensorID<<"\n";
@@ -127,21 +129,16 @@ void RsDeviceSource::deliverRSFrame()
   gettimeofday(&fPresentationTime, NULL); // If you have a more accurate time - e.g., from an encoder - then use that instead.
   //// memmove(fTo, frame.get_data(), fFrameSize);
   //// unsigned char b[640*480*2];
+#ifdef COMPRESSION
    if(fParams.sensorID == 0) 
    {
-#if 0
-       unsigned char compressedBuf[fFrameSize];
-       // memset(fbuf, 0, fFrameSize);
-       unsigned int newSize = iCompress->compressFrame(fbuf, fFrameSize, compressedBuf);
-       envir() << "Compression income " << fFrameSize << ", outcome " << newSize << "\n";
-       // memmove(fTo, compressedBuf, fFrameSize);
-       memmove(fTo, compressedBuf, newSize + sizeof(unsigned int));
-#else
        iCompress->compressFrame(fbuf, fFrameSize, fTo);
-#endif
    } else {
+#endif
        memmove(fTo, fbuf, 640*480*2);
+#ifdef COMPRESSION
    }
+#endif
   // After delivering the data, inform the reader that it is now available:
   FramedSource::afterGetting(this);
 }