diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index bd60e9f45d..397f42c4af 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -949,3 +949,11 @@ David  23 Jan 2012
 
     html/user/
         host_app_versions.php
+
+Rom    24 Jan 2012
+    - client: treat the gzt file extension like we do for the gz file extension.
+        Disable libcurls ability to decompress on-the-fly and let the CC decompress
+        it after it has been fully downloaded.
+        
+    client/
+        http_curl.cpp
diff --git a/client/http_curl.cpp b/client/http_curl.cpp
index a9a87087a5..4df85a9a46 100644
--- a/client/http_curl.cpp
+++ b/client/http_curl.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,10 @@ int HTTP_OP::libcurl_exec(
     // use gzip at the application level.
     // So, detect this and don't accept any encoding in that case
     //
-    if (!out || !ends_with(std::string(out), std::string(".gz"))) {
+    if (!out ||
+        !ends_with(std::string(out), std::string(".gz")) ||
+        !ends_with(std::string(out), std::string(".gzt")))
+    {
         curl_easy_setopt(curlEasy, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "");
     }