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diff --git a/kafka/codec.py b/kafka/codec.py
index 19f405b..a9373c7 100644
--- a/kafka/codec.py
+++ b/kafka/codec.py
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ def has_snappy():
return _HAS_SNAPPY
-def gzip_encode(payload):
+def gzip_encode(payload, compresslevel=None):
+ if not compresslevel:
+ compresslevel = 9
+
with BytesIO() as buf:
# Gzip context manager introduced in python 2.6
# so old-fashioned way until we decide to not support 2.6
- gzipper = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=buf, mode="w")
+ gzipper = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=buf, mode="w", compresslevel=compresslevel)
try:
gzipper.write(payload)
finally: