diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts
index 456ece5ced..f79cc1acef 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import {
 	faExternalLinkAlt,
 	faExchangeAlt,
 	faFile,
+	faFileArchive,
 	faFileCode,
 	faFileDownload,
 	faFileExport,
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ library.add(faExclamationTriangle);
 library.add(faExternalLinkAlt);
 library.add(faExchangeAlt);
 library.add(faFile);
+library.add(faFileArchive);
 library.add(faFileCode);
 library.add(faFileDownload);
 library.add(faFileExport);
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Compression.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Compression.node.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..920570cc22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Compression.node.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+import {
+	BINARY_ENCODING,
+	IExecuteFunctions,
+} from 'n8n-core';
+
+import {
+	IBinaryKeyData,
+	INodeExecutionData,
+	INodeType,
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import * as fflate from 'fflate';
+
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+
+const gunzip = promisify(fflate.gunzip);
+const gzip = promisify(fflate.gzip);
+const unzip = promisify(fflate.unzip);
+const zip = promisify(fflate.zip);
+
+import * as mime from 'mime-types';
+
+const ALREADY_COMPRESSED = [
+	'7z',
+	'aifc',
+	'bz2',
+	'doc',
+	'docx',
+	'gif',
+	'gz',
+	'heic',
+	'heif',
+	'jpg',
+	'jpeg',
+	'mov',
+	'mp3',
+	'mp4',
+	'pdf',
+	'png',
+	'ppt',
+	'pptx',
+	'rar',
+	'webm',
+	'webp',
+	'xls',
+	'xlsx',
+	'zip',
+];
+
+export class Compression implements INodeType {
+	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
+		displayName: 'Compression',
+		name: 'compression',
+		icon: 'fa:file-archive',
+		group: ['transform'],
+		subtitle: '={{$parameter["operation"]}}',
+		version: 1,
+		description: 'Compress and uncompress files',
+		defaults: {
+			name: 'Compression',
+			color: '#408000',
+		},
+		inputs: ['main'],
+		outputs: ['main'],
+		properties: [
+			{
+				displayName: 'Operation',
+				name: 'operation',
+				type: 'options',
+				options: [
+					{
+						name: 'Compress',
+						value: 'compress',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Decompress',
+						value: 'decompress',
+					},
+				],
+				default: 'decompress',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Binary Property',
+				name: 'binaryPropertyName',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: 'data',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						operation: [
+							'compress',
+							'decompress',
+						],
+					},
+
+				},
+				placeholder: '',
+				description: 'Name of the binary property which contains<br />the data for the file(s) to be compress/decompress. Multiple can be used separated by ,',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Output Format',
+				name: 'outputFormat',
+				type: 'options',
+				default: '',
+				options: [
+					{
+						name: 'gzip',
+						value: 'gzip',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'zip',
+						value: 'zip',
+					},
+				],
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						operation: [
+							'compress',
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				description: 'Format of the output file',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'File Name',
+				name: 'fileName',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: '',
+				placeholder: 'data.zip',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						operation: [
+							'compress',
+						],
+						outputFormat: [
+							'zip',
+						],
+					},
+
+				},
+				description: 'Name of the file to be compressed',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Binary Property Output',
+				name: 'binaryPropertyOutput',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: 'data',
+				required: false,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						outputFormat: [
+							'zip',
+						],
+						operation: [
+							'compress',
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				placeholder: '',
+				description: 'Name of the binary property to which to<br />write the data of the compressed files.',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Output Prefix',
+				name: 'outputPrefix',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: 'data',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						operation: [
+							'compress',
+						],
+						outputFormat: [
+							'gzip',
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				description: 'Prefix use for all gzip compresed files',
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Output Prefix',
+				name: 'outputPrefix',
+				type: 'string',
+				default: 'file_',
+				required: true,
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						operation: [
+							'decompress',
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				description: 'Prefix use for all decompressed files',
+			},
+		],
+	};
+
+	async execute(this: IExecuteFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData[][]> {
+		const items = this.getInputData();
+		const length = items.length as unknown as number;
+		const returnData: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
+		const operation = this.getNodeParameter('operation', 0) as string;
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+
+			if (operation === 'decompress') {
+				const binaryPropertyNames = (this.getNodeParameter('binaryPropertyName', 0) as string).split(',').map(key => key.trim());
+
+				const outputPrefix = this.getNodeParameter('outputPrefix', 0) as string;
+
+				const binaryObject: IBinaryKeyData = {};
+
+				let zipIndex = 0;
+
+				for (const [index, binaryPropertyName] of binaryPropertyNames.entries()) {
+					if (items[i].binary === undefined) {
+						throw new Error('No binary data exists on item!');
+					}
+					//@ts-ignore
+					if (items[i].binary[binaryPropertyName] === undefined) {
+						throw new Error(`No binary data property "${binaryPropertyName}" does not exists on item!`);
+					}
+
+					const binaryData = (items[i].binary as IBinaryKeyData)[binaryPropertyName];
+
+					if (binaryData.fileExtension === 'zip') {
+						const files = await unzip(Buffer.from(binaryData.data as string, BINARY_ENCODING));
+
+						for (const key of Object.keys(files)) {
+							// when files are compresed using MACOSX for some reason they are duplicated under __MACOSX
+							if (key.includes('__MACOSX')) {
+								continue;
+							}
+
+							const data = await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(Buffer.from(files[key].buffer), key);
+
+							binaryObject[`${outputPrefix}${zipIndex++}`] = data;
+						}
+					} else if (binaryData.fileExtension === 'gz') {
+						const file = await gunzip(Buffer.from(binaryData.data as string, BINARY_ENCODING));
+
+						const fileName = binaryData.fileName?.split('.')[0];
+
+						const propertyName = `${outputPrefix}${index}`;
+
+						binaryObject[propertyName] = await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(Buffer.from(file.buffer), fileName);
+						const fileExtension = mime.extension(binaryObject[propertyName].mimeType) as string;
+						binaryObject[propertyName].fileName = `${fileName}.${fileExtension}`;
+						binaryObject[propertyName].fileExtension = fileExtension;
+					}
+				}
+
+				returnData.push({
+					json: items[i].json,
+					binary: binaryObject,
+				});
+			}
+
+			if (operation === 'compress') {
+				const binaryPropertyNames = (this.getNodeParameter('binaryPropertyName', 0) as string).split(',').map(key => key.trim());
+
+				const outputFormat = this.getNodeParameter('outputFormat', 0) as string;
+
+				const zipData: fflate.Zippable = {};
+
+				const binaryObject: IBinaryKeyData = {};
+
+				for (const [index, binaryPropertyName] of binaryPropertyNames.entries()) {
+
+					if (items[i].binary === undefined) {
+						throw new Error('No binary data exists on item!');
+					}
+					//@ts-ignore
+					if (items[i].binary[binaryPropertyName] === undefined) {
+						throw new Error(`No binary data property "${binaryPropertyName}" does not exists on item!`);
+					}
+
+					const binaryData = (items[i].binary as IBinaryKeyData)[binaryPropertyName];
+
+					if (outputFormat === 'zip') {
+						zipData[binaryData.fileName as string] = [
+							Buffer.from(binaryData.data, BINARY_ENCODING), {
+								level: ALREADY_COMPRESSED.includes(binaryData.fileExtension as string) ? 0 : 6,
+							},
+						];
+
+					} else if (outputFormat === 'gzip') {
+						const outputPrefix = this.getNodeParameter('outputPrefix', 0) as string;
+
+						const data = await gzip(Buffer.from(binaryData.data, BINARY_ENCODING)) as Uint8Array;
+
+						const fileName = binaryData.fileName?.split('.')[0];
+
+						binaryObject[`${outputPrefix}${index}`] = await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(Buffer.from(data), `${fileName}.gzip`);
+					}
+				}
+
+				if (outputFormat === 'zip') {
+					const fileName = this.getNodeParameter('fileName', 0) as string;
+
+					const binaryPropertyOutput = this.getNodeParameter('binaryPropertyOutput', 0) as string;
+
+					const buffer = await zip(zipData);
+
+					const data = await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(Buffer.from(buffer), fileName);
+
+					returnData.push({
+						json: items[i].json,
+						binary: {
+							[binaryPropertyOutput]: data,
+						},
+					});
+				}
+
+				if (outputFormat === 'gzip') {
+					returnData.push({
+						json: items[i].json,
+						binary: binaryObject,
+					});
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return this.prepareOutputData(returnData);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/package.json b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
index 9a24f6d915..1bbd55322c 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
       "dist/nodes/Clockify/ClockifyTrigger.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/Clockify/Clockify.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/Cockpit/Cockpit.node.js",
+      "dist/nodes/Compression.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/Coda/Coda.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/CoinGecko/CoinGecko.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/Contentful/Contentful.node.js",
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@
     "cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.3",
     "cron": "^1.7.2",
     "eventsource": "^1.0.7",
+    "fflate": "^0.4.8",
     "formidable": "^1.2.1",
     "get-system-fonts": "^2.0.2",
     "glob-promise": "^3.4.0",