diff --git a/src/downloadthread.cpp b/src/downloadthread.cpp
index 6a765f85a..78c989431 100644
--- a/src/downloadthread.cpp
+++ b/src/downloadthread.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "rsssettings.h"
 #endif
 #include "qinisettings.h"
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 /** Download Thread **/
 
@@ -50,6 +51,56 @@ DownloadThread::DownloadThread(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent) {
 #endif
 }
 
+QByteArray DownloadThread::gUncompress(Bytef *inData, size_t len) {
+  if (len <= 4) {
+    qWarning("gUncompress: Input data is truncated");
+    return QByteArray();
+  }
+
+  QByteArray result;
+
+  z_stream strm;
+  static const int CHUNK_SIZE = 1024;
+  char out[CHUNK_SIZE];
+
+  /* allocate inflate state */
+  strm.zalloc = Z_NULL;
+  strm.zfree = Z_NULL;
+  strm.opaque = Z_NULL;
+  strm.avail_in = len;
+  strm.next_in = inData;
+
+  #define windowBits 15
+  #define ENABLE_ZLIB_GZIP 32
+
+  int ret = inflateInit2(&strm, windowBits|ENABLE_ZLIB_GZIP ); // gzip decoding
+  if (ret != Z_OK)
+    return QByteArray();
+
+  // run inflate()
+  do {
+    strm.avail_out = CHUNK_SIZE;
+    strm.next_out = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(out);
+
+    ret = inflate(&strm, Z_NO_FLUSH);
+    Q_ASSERT(ret != Z_STREAM_ERROR); // state not clobbered
+
+    switch (ret) {
+      case Z_NEED_DICT:
+      case Z_DATA_ERROR:
+      case Z_MEM_ERROR:
+        (void) inflateEnd(&strm);
+        return QByteArray();
+    }
+
+    result.append(out, CHUNK_SIZE - strm.avail_out);
+  } while (!strm.avail_out);
+
+  // clean up and return
+  inflateEnd(&strm);
+  return result;
+}
+
 void DownloadThread::processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
   QString url = reply->url().toString();
   qDebug("Download finished: %s", qPrintable(url));
@@ -72,7 +123,8 @@ void DownloadThread::processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
     const QString newUrlString = newUrl.toString();
     qDebug("Redirecting from %s to %s", qPrintable(url), qPrintable(newUrlString));
     m_redirectMapping.insert(newUrlString, url);
-    downloadUrl(newUrlString);
+    // redirecting with first cookies
+    downloadUrl(newUrlString, m_networkManager.cookieJar()->cookiesForUrl(url));
     reply->deleteLater();
     return;
   }
@@ -87,8 +139,12 @@ void DownloadThread::processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
     QString filePath = tmpfile->fileName();
     qDebug("Temporary filename is: %s", qPrintable(filePath));
     if (reply->isOpen() || reply->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-      // TODO: Support GZIP compression
-      tmpfile->write(reply->readAll());
+      QByteArray replyData = reply->readAll();
+      if (reply->rawHeader("Content-Encoding") == "gzip") {
+        // uncompress gzip reply
+        replyData = gUncompress(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(replyData.data()), replyData.length());
+      }
+      tmpfile->write(replyData);
       tmpfile->close();
       // XXX: tmpfile needs to be deleted on Windows before using the file
       // or it will complain that the file is used by another process.
@@ -136,6 +192,8 @@ QNetworkReply* DownloadThread::downloadUrl(const QString &url, const QList<QNetw
     qDebug("%s=%s", m_networkManager.cookieJar()->cookiesForUrl(url).at(i).name().data(), m_networkManager.cookieJar()->cookiesForUrl(url).at(i).value().data());
     qDebug("Domain: %s, Path: %s", qPrintable(m_networkManager.cookieJar()->cookiesForUrl(url).at(i).domain()), qPrintable(m_networkManager.cookieJar()->cookiesForUrl(url).at(i).path()));
   }
+  // accept gzip
+  request.setRawHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
   return m_networkManager.get(request);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/downloadthread.h b/src/downloadthread.h
index 6bdc6a7a3..be4360306 100644
--- a/src/downloadthread.h
+++ b/src/downloadthread.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QSslError>
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QNetworkAccessManager;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ private slots:
 #endif
 
 private:
+  static QByteArray gUncompress(Bytef *inData, size_t len);
   QString errorCodeToString(QNetworkReply::NetworkError status);
   void applyProxySettings();
 
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
index 260670e2b..2249f61a4 100755
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
@@ -2675,14 +2675,14 @@ void QBtSession::addMagnetSkipAddDlg(const QString& uri, const QString& save_pat
   addMagnetUri(uri, false);
 }
 
-void QBtSession::downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(QString url, QString save_path, QString label) {
+void QBtSession::downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(QString url, QString save_path, QString label, const QList<QNetworkCookie>& cookies) {
   //emit aboutToDownloadFromUrl(url);
   const QUrl qurl = QUrl::fromEncoded(url.toUtf8());
   if (!save_path.isEmpty() || !label.isEmpty())
     savepathLabel_fromurl[qurl] = qMakePair(save_path, label);
   url_skippingDlg << qurl;
   // Launch downloader thread
-  downloader->downloadTorrentUrl(url);
+  downloader->downloadTorrentUrl(url, cookies);
 }
 
 // Add to Bittorrent session the downloaded torrent file
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
index 02df04358..7a20ab7c8 100755
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public slots:
   void disableIPFilter();
   void setQueueingEnabled(bool enable);
   void handleDownloadFailure(QString url, QString reason);
-  void downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(QString url, QString save_path=QString(), QString label=QString());
+  void downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(QString url, QString save_path=QString(), QString label=QString(), const QList<QNetworkCookie>& cookies = QList<QNetworkCookie>());
   // Session configuration - Setters
   void setListeningPort(int port);
   void setMaxConnections(int maxConnec);
diff --git a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
index f39939702..2b92c3bfa 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
+++ b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void RssFeed::downloadArticleTorrentIfMatching(RssDownloadRuleList* rules, const
   if (torrent_url.startsWith("magnet:", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
     QBtSession::instance()->addMagnetSkipAddDlg(torrent_url, matching_rule->savePath(), matching_rule->label());
   else
-    QBtSession::instance()->downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(torrent_url, matching_rule->savePath(), matching_rule->label());
+    QBtSession::instance()->downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(torrent_url, matching_rule->savePath(), matching_rule->label(), feedCookies());
 }
 
 void RssFeed::recheckRssItemsForDownload()