diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
index 29b72fcb7..035d0c6be 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@ public class EepGet {
             buf.append("-\r\n");
         }
         buf.append("Accept-Encoding: \r\n");
-        buf.append("X-Accept-Encoding: x-i2p-gzip;q=1.0, identity;q=0.5, deflate;q=0, gzip;q=0, *;q=0\r\n");
+        if (_shouldProxy)
+            buf.append("X-Accept-Encoding: x-i2p-gzip;q=1.0, identity;q=0.5, deflate;q=0, gzip;q=0, *;q=0\r\n");
         if (!_allowCaching) {
             buf.append("Cache-control: no-cache\r\n");
             buf.append("Pragma: no-cache\r\n");