--- old/src/jdk.zipfs/share/classes/jdk/nio/zipfs/ZipFileSystem.java	2019-09-23 18:40:41.000000000 -0400
+++ new/src/jdk.zipfs/share/classes/jdk/nio/zipfs/ZipFileSystem.java	2019-09-23 18:40:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@
 
     private static final Set<PosixFilePermission> DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS =
         PosixFilePermissions.fromString("rwxrwxrwx");
+    // Property used to specify the compression mode to use
+    private static final String COMPRESSION_METHOD = "compressionMethod";
+    // Value specified for compressionMethod property to compress Zip entries
+    public static final String DEFLATED_COMPRESSION_METHOD = "DEFLATED";
+    // Value specified for compressionMethod property to not compress Zip entries
+    public static final String STORED_COMPRESSION_METHOD = "STORED";
 
     private final ZipFileSystemProvider provider;
     private final Path zfpath;
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@
         this.noExtt = "false".equals(env.get("zipinfo-time"));
         this.useTempFile  = isTrue(env, "useTempFile");
         this.forceEnd64 = isTrue(env, "forceZIP64End");
-        this.defaultCompressionMethod = isTrue(env, "noCompression") ? METHOD_STORED : METHOD_DEFLATED;
+        this.defaultCompressionMethod = getDefaultCompressionMethod(env);
         this.supportPosix = isTrue(env, OPT_POSIX);
         this.defaultOwner = initOwner(zfpath, env);
         this.defaultGroup = initGroup(zfpath, env);
@@ -163,6 +169,49 @@
         this.zfpath = zfpath;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the compression method to use(STORED or DEFLATED).  If the
+     * property {@code commpressionMethod} is set use its value to determine
+     * the compression method to use.  If the property is not set, then the
+     * default compression is DEFLATED unless the property {@code noCompression}
+     * is set which is supported for backwards compatability.
+     * @param env Zip FS map of properties
+     * @return The Compression method to use
+     */
+    private int getDefaultCompressionMethod(Map<String, ?> env) {
+        int result =
+                isTrue(env, "noCompression") ? METHOD_STORED : METHOD_DEFLATED;
+        if(env.containsKey(COMPRESSION_METHOD)) {
+            Object compressionMethod =  env.get(COMPRESSION_METHOD);
+            if(compressionMethod != null) {
+                if(compressionMethod instanceof String) {
+                    switch(((String) compressionMethod).toUpperCase()) {
+                        case STORED_COMPRESSION_METHOD:
+                            result = METHOD_STORED;
+                            break;
+                        case DEFLATED_COMPRESSION_METHOD:
+                            result = METHOD_DEFLATED;
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
+                                    "The value for the %s property must be %s or %s",
+                                    COMPRESSION_METHOD, STORED_COMPRESSION_METHOD,
+                                    DEFLATED_COMPRESSION_METHOD));
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
+                            "The Object type for the %s property must be a String"));
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
+                        "The value for the %s property must be %s or %s",
+                        COMPRESSION_METHOD, STORED_COMPRESSION_METHOD,
+                        DEFLATED_COMPRESSION_METHOD));
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     // returns true if there is a name=true/"true" setting in env
     private static boolean isTrue(Map<String, ?> env, String name) {
         return "true".equals(env.get(name)) || TRUE.equals(env.get(name));