diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90eda8f..1546141 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Features include:
   - CBOR ([RFC 7049](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049), <http://cbor.io/>)
   - MessagePack (<https://msgpack.org/>)
   - Amazon Ion (<http://amzn.github.io/ion-docs/>)
-  - Gzip ([RFC 1952](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952)) and Brotli ([RFC 7932](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7932)) content encoding
+  - Gzip ([RFC 1952](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952)), Deflate ([RFC 1951](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1951)), and Brotli ([RFC 7932](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7932)) content encoding
 - Standardized [hypermedia](https://smartbear.com/learn/api-design/what-is-hypermedia/) parsing into queryable/followable response links:
   - HTTP Link relation headers ([RFC 5988](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#section-6.2.2))
   - [HAL](http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html)
diff --git a/cli/cli.go b/cli/cli.go
index e84e6f7..e3defe3 100644
--- a/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cli/cli.go
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ func initCache(appName string) {
 // the CLI.
 func Defaults() {
 	// Register content encodings
+	AddEncoding("deflate", &DeflateEncoding{})
 	AddEncoding("gzip", &GzipEncoding{})
 	AddEncoding("br", &BrotliEncoding{})
 
diff --git a/cli/encoding.go b/cli/encoding.go
index 14f7f7a..ffd82c7 100644
--- a/cli/encoding.go
+++ b/cli/encoding.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"compress/flate"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@ func DecodeResponse(resp *http.Response) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// DeflateEncoding supports gzip-encoded response content.
+type DeflateEncoding struct{}
+
+// Reader returns a new reader for the stream that removes the gzip encoding.
+func (g DeflateEncoding) Reader(stream io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	return flate.NewReader(stream), nil
+}
+
 // GzipEncoding supports gzip-encoded response content.
 type GzipEncoding struct{}
 
diff --git a/cli/encoding_test.go b/cli/encoding_test.go
index 55e1f53..70babbc 100644
--- a/cli/encoding_test.go
+++ b/cli/encoding_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"compress/flate"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -19,6 +20,14 @@ func gzipEnc(data string) []byte {
 	return b.Bytes()
 }
 
+func deflateEnc(data string) []byte {
+	b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	w, _ := flate.NewWriter(b, 1)
+	w.Write([]byte(data))
+	w.Close()
+	return b.Bytes()
+}
+
 func brEnc(data string) []byte {
 	b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 	w := brotli.NewWriter(b)
@@ -34,6 +43,7 @@ var encodingTests = []struct {
 }{
 	{"none", "", []byte("hello world")},
 	{"gzip", "gzip", gzipEnc("hello world")},
+	{"deflate", "deflate", deflateEnc("hello world")},
 	{"brotli", "br", brEnc("hello world")},
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index f70a31c..c459a82 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Start with the [guide](/guide.md) to learn how to install and configure Restish
   - CBOR ([RFC 7049](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049), <http://cbor.io/>)
   - MessagePack (<https://msgpack.org/>)
   - Amazon Ion (<http://amzn.github.io/ion-docs/>)
-  - Gzip ([RFC 1952](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952)) and Brotli ([RFC 7932](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7932)) content encoding
+  - Gzip ([RFC 1952](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952)), Deflate ([RFC 1951](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1951)), and Brotli ([RFC 7932](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7932)) content encoding
 - Standardized [hypermedia](https://smartbear.com/learn/api-design/what-is-hypermedia/) parsing into queryable/followable response links:
   - HTTP Link relation headers ([RFC 5988](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#section-6.2.2))
   - [HAL](http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html)