diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 2fd72135..03d8ca79 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-11-11  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
+
+	* http.c (gethttp): Always add Accept-Encoding: identity
+
+	Fixes bug #40819
+	Reported-by: Noël Köthe <noel@debian.org>
+
 2014-11-11  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
 
 	* main.c: Fix missing _Noreturn declaration specifiers
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 584f4a85..de96e329 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -1801,6 +1801,7 @@ gethttp (struct url *u, struct http_stat *hs, int *dt, struct url *proxy,
                         rel_value);
   SET_USER_AGENT (req);
   request_set_header (req, "Accept", "*/*", rel_none);
+  request_set_header (req, "Accept-Encoding", "identity", rel_none);
 
   /* Find the username and password for authentication. */
   user = u->user;