diff --git a/kernel/mars_net.c b/kernel/mars_net.c
index 170e4e8c..5378f80a 100644
--- a/kernel/mars_net.c
+++ b/kernel/mars_net.c
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ int mars_net_default_port = CONFIG_MARS_DEFAULT_PORT;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mars_net_default_port);
 module_param_named(mars_port, mars_net_default_port, int, 0);
 
+__u32 enabled_net_compressions = 0;
+__u32 used_net_compression = 0;
+
 /* TODO: allow binding to specific source addresses instead of catch-all.
  * TODO: make all the socket options configurable.
  * TODO: implement signal handling.
@@ -1183,6 +1186,8 @@ const struct meta mars_cmd_meta[] = {
 	META_INI_SUB(cmd_stamp, struct mars_cmd, mars_lamport_time_meta),
 	META_INI(cmd_proto, struct mars_cmd, FIELD_INT),
 	META_INI(cmd_code, struct mars_cmd, FIELD_INT),
+	META_INI(cmd_compr_flags, struct mars_cmd, FIELD_UINT),
+	META_INI(cmd_compr_len, struct mars_cmd, FIELD_INT),
 	META_INI(cmd_int1, struct mars_cmd, FIELD_INT),
 	META_INI(cmd_str1, struct mars_cmd, FIELD_STRING),
 	{}
@@ -1235,12 +1240,35 @@ int _mars_send_mref(struct mars_socket *msock,
 		    struct mars_cmd *cmd,
 		    bool cork)
 {
+	__u32 compr_flags = 0;
+	void *compr_buf = NULL;
+	int compr_len = 0;
 	int seq = 0;
 	int status;
 
 	if (!cork || !msock->s_pos)
 		get_lamport(NULL, &cmd->cmd_stamp);
 
+	if ((cmd->cmd_code & CMD_FLAG_HAS_DATA) &&
+	    (mref->ref_flags & MREF_COMPRESS_ANY)) {
+		compr_buf = brick_mem_alloc(mref->ref_len + compress_overhead);
+		compr_len = mars_compress(mref->ref_data, mref->ref_len,
+					  compr_buf, mref->ref_len,
+					  mref->ref_flags, &compr_flags);
+
+		if (likely(compr_len > 0 &&
+			   compr_len < mref->ref_len &&
+			   compr_flags)) {
+			used_net_compression = compr_flags;
+			cmd->cmd_compr_flags = compr_flags;
+			cmd->cmd_compr_len = compr_len;
+		} else {
+			/* continue with old uncompressed method */
+			brick_mem_free(compr_buf);
+			compr_buf = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	status = mars_send_cmd(msock, cmd, true);
 	if (status < 0)
 		goto done;
@@ -1253,11 +1281,20 @@ int _mars_send_mref(struct mars_socket *msock,
 		goto done;
 
 	if (cmd->cmd_code & CMD_FLAG_HAS_DATA) {
+		if (compr_buf) {
+			MARS_IO("#%d sending compressed len = %d/%d\n",
+				msock->s_debug_nr, compr_len, mref->ref_len);
+			status = mars_send_raw(msock,
+					       compr_buf, compr_len,
+					       cork);
+			goto done;
+		}
 		MARS_IO("#%d sending blocklen = %d\n",
 			msock->s_debug_nr, mref->ref_len);
 		status = mars_send_raw(msock, mref->ref_data, mref->ref_len, cork);
 	}
 done:
+	brick_mem_free(compr_buf);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -1314,6 +1351,7 @@ static void _recv_deprecated(struct mref_object *mref)
 
 int mars_recv_mref(struct mars_socket *msock, struct mref_object *mref, struct mars_cmd *cmd)
 {
+	void *tmp_buf = NULL;
 	int status;
 
 	status = desc_recv_struct(msock, mref, mars_mref_meta, __LINE__);
@@ -1326,6 +1364,37 @@ int mars_recv_mref(struct mars_socket *msock, struct mref_object *mref, struct m
 	if (cmd->cmd_stamp.tv_sec)
 		set_lamport_nonstrict(&cmd->cmd_stamp);
 
+	if (cmd->cmd_compr_flags && cmd->cmd_compr_len) {
+		void *decompr_buf;
+
+		tmp_buf = brick_mem_alloc(cmd->cmd_compr_len);
+
+		status = mars_recv_raw(msock,
+				       tmp_buf,
+				       cmd->cmd_compr_len,
+				       cmd->cmd_compr_len);
+		if (status < 0) {
+			MARS_WRN("#%d compr_len = %d mref_len = %d, status = %d\n",
+				 msock->s_debug_nr,
+				 cmd->cmd_compr_len, mref->ref_len,
+				 status);
+			goto done;
+		}
+
+		status = -EBADMSG;
+		decompr_buf =
+			mars_decompress(tmp_buf, cmd->cmd_compr_len,
+					mref->ref_data, mref->ref_len,
+					cmd->cmd_compr_flags);
+		if (unlikely(!decompr_buf))
+			goto done;
+
+		/* decompression success */
+		mref->ref_data = decompr_buf;
+		status = mref->ref_len;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	if (cmd->cmd_code & CMD_FLAG_HAS_DATA) {
 		if (!mref->ref_data)
 			mref->ref_data = brick_block_alloc(0, mref->ref_len);
@@ -1337,7 +1406,9 @@ int mars_recv_mref(struct mars_socket *msock, struct mref_object *mref, struct m
 		if (status < 0)
 			MARS_WRN("#%d mref_len = %d, status = %d\n", msock->s_debug_nr, mref->ref_len, status);
 	}
+
 done:
+	brick_mem_free(tmp_buf);
 	return status;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mars_recv_mref);
diff --git a/kernel/mars_net.h b/kernel/mars_net.h
index 1a4ce4f2..51306bf2 100644
--- a/kernel/mars_net.h
+++ b/kernel/mars_net.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 extern int mars_net_default_port;
 extern bool mars_net_is_alive;
 
+extern __u32 enabled_net_compressions;
+extern __u32 used_net_compression;
+
 #define MARS_PROTO_LEVEL 1
 
 #define MAX_FIELD_LEN   32
@@ -116,6 +119,8 @@ struct mars_cmd {
 	struct lamport_time cmd_stamp; // for automatic lamport clock
 	int cmd_proto;
 	int cmd_code;
+	__u32 cmd_compr_flags;
+	int cmd_compr_len;
 	int cmd_int1;
 	//int cmd_int2;
 	//int cmd_int3;
diff --git a/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c b/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c
index 4ace9009..b9bb1990 100644
--- a/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c
+++ b/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c
@@ -2698,6 +2698,7 @@ void _make_alive(void)
 	__make_alivelink("used-log-digest", used_log_digest, true);
 	__make_alivelink("used-net-digest", used_net_digest, true);
 	__make_alivelink("used-log-compression", used_log_compression, true);
+	__make_alivelink("used-net-compression", used_net_compression, true);
 }
 
 void from_remote_trigger(void)
@@ -5660,6 +5661,8 @@ int make_defaults(void *buf, struct mars_dent *dent)
 		disabled_net_digests = tmp;
 	} else if (!strcmp(dent->d_name, "enabled-log-compressions")) {
 		sscanf(dent->new_link, "0x%x", &enabled_log_compressions);
+	} else if (!strcmp(dent->d_name, "enabled-net-compressions")) {
+		sscanf(dent->new_link, "0x%x", &enabled_net_compressions);
 	} else {
 		MARS_DBG("unimplemented default '%s'\n", dent->d_name);
 	}