diff --git a/src/common/oscap_acquire.c b/src/common/oscap_acquire.c
index 60ab62c..551da43 100644
--- a/src/common/oscap_acquire.c
+++ b/src/common/oscap_acquire.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ char* oscap_acquire_url_download(const char *url, size_t* memory_size)
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_to_memory_callback);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, buffer);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
 
 	CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);