diff --git a/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.c b/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.c
index 73f59ff94..580840050 100644
--- a/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.c
+++ b/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static bool do_http_request(struct update_info *info, const char *url,
 	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, info);
 	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
 	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
+	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
 
 	if (!info->remote_url) {
 		// We only care about headers from the main package file