diff --git a/examples/editModels.js b/examples/editModels.js
index 31a55bf821..1a242d16d2 100644
--- a/examples/editModels.js
+++ b/examples/editModels.js
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ var httpMultiPart = (function () {
         // - name, string
         // - name, buffer
         var buffer,
+            string,
             stringBuffer,
-            string;
+            compressedBuffer;
 
         if (object.name === undefined) {
 
@@ -217,9 +218,10 @@ var httpMultiPart = (function () {
                 + "\r\n";
             stringBuffer = string.toArrayBuffer();
 
-            buffer = new Uint8Array(stringBuffer.byteLength + object.buffer.buffer.byteLength);
+            compressedBuffer = object.buffer.buffer.compress();
+            buffer = new Uint8Array(stringBuffer.byteLength + compressedBuffer.byteLength);
             buffer.set(new Uint8Array(stringBuffer));
-            buffer.set(new Uint8Array(object.buffer.buffer), stringBuffer.byteLength);
+            buffer.set(new Uint8Array(compressedBuffer), stringBuffer.byteLength);
 
         } else {
 
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.cpp
index 53ebebc740..6f78caad2d 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include "ArrayBufferClass.h"
 #include "ArrayBufferPrototype.h"
 
+static const int QCOMPRESS_HEADER_POSITION = 0;
+static const int QCOMPRESS_HEADER_SIZE = 4;
+
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QByteArray*)
 
 ArrayBufferPrototype::ArrayBufferPrototype(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent) {
@@ -43,6 +46,18 @@ QByteArray ArrayBufferPrototype::slice(qint32 begin) const {
     return ba->mid(begin, -1);
 }
 
+QByteArray ArrayBufferPrototype::compress() const {
+    QByteArray* ba = thisArrayBuffer();
+
+    QByteArray buffer = qCompress(*ba);
+
+    // Qt's qCompress() default compression level (-1) is the standard zLib compression.
+    // Here remove Qt's custom header that prevents the data server from uncompressing the files with zLib.
+    buffer.remove(QCOMPRESS_HEADER_POSITION, QCOMPRESS_HEADER_SIZE);
+
+    return buffer;
+}
+
 QByteArray* ArrayBufferPrototype::thisArrayBuffer() const {
     return qscriptvalue_cast<QByteArray*>(thisObject().data());
 }
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.h
index 09d4596f28..2ad9843571 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ArrayBufferPrototype.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public:
 public slots:
     QByteArray slice(qint32 begin, qint32 end) const;
     QByteArray slice(qint32 begin) const;
+    QByteArray compress() const;
     
 private:
     QByteArray* thisArrayBuffer() const;