diff --git a/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp b/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp
index ac8ef505ba..39187aedc4 100644
--- a/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp
+++ b/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtCore/QThread>
 
+#include <image/Image.h>
 #include <SettingInterface.h>
 
 #include "ui/OvenMainWindow.h"
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ Oven::Oven(int argc, char* argv[]) :
     // init the settings interface so we can save and load settings
     Setting::init();
 
+    // enable compression in image library
+    image::setColorTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+    image::setGrayscaleTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+    image::setNormalTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+    image::setCubeTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+
     // check if we were passed any command line arguments that would tell us just to run without the GUI
 
     // setup the GUI