diff --git a/src/ArchiveBuilderHelper.cpp b/src/ArchiveBuilderHelper.cpp
index 57a8c37..638a652 100644
--- a/src/ArchiveBuilderHelper.cpp
+++ b/src/ArchiveBuilderHelper.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ namespace BsaPacker
 
 	bool ArchiveBuilderHelper::isIncompressible(const path& filename) const
 	{
+		if (!this->m_SettingsService->GetPluginSetting(SettingsService::SETTING_COMPRESS_ARCHIVES).toBool()) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		const auto& extension = filename.extension().string();
 		const auto& count = ArchiveBuilderHelper::INCOMPRESSIBLE_TYPES.count(extension);
 		const auto& result = count > 0;
diff --git a/src/SettingsService.cpp b/src/SettingsService.cpp
index 810c463..40175fa 100644
--- a/src/SettingsService.cpp
+++ b/src/SettingsService.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ namespace BsaPacker
 	const QString& SettingsService::SETTING_HIDE_LOOSE_ASSETS = QStringLiteral("hide_loose_assets");
 	const QString& SettingsService::SETTING_CREATE_PLUGINS = QStringLiteral("create_plugins");
 	const QString& SettingsService::SETTING_BLACKLISTED_FILES = QStringLiteral("blacklisted_files");
+	const QString& SettingsService::SETTING_COMPRESS_ARCHIVES = QStringLiteral("compress_archives");
 	//const QString& SettingsService::SETTING_SPLIT_ARCHIVES = "split_archives";
 
 	const QList<MOBase::PluginSetting>& SettingsService::PluginSettings = {
 		MOBase::PluginSetting(SettingsService::SETTING_HIDE_LOOSE_ASSETS, QObject::tr("After creating the archive, set loose assets to hidden."), false),
 		MOBase::PluginSetting(SettingsService::SETTING_CREATE_PLUGINS, QObject::tr("Create a dummy plugin to load the archive if one does not exist."), false),
-		MOBase::PluginSetting(SettingsService::SETTING_BLACKLISTED_FILES, QObject::tr("Specify a semi-colon seperated list of file extensions to ignore when packing."), ".txt;.hkx;.xml;.ini;.bk2")
+		MOBase::PluginSetting(SettingsService::SETTING_BLACKLISTED_FILES, QObject::tr("Specify a semi-colon seperated list of file extensions to ignore when packing."), ".txt;.hkx;.xml;.ini;.bk2"),
+		MOBase::PluginSetting(SettingsService::SETTING_COMPRESS_ARCHIVES, QObject::tr("Compress archives if they do not contain incompressible files."), true)
 		//MOBase::PluginSetting(SettingsService::SETTING_SPLIT_ARCHIVES, QObject::tr("Automatically create multiple archives if they exceed the size limit."), false);
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/SettingsService.h b/src/SettingsService.h
index ad42755..42f9299 100644
--- a/src/SettingsService.h
+++ b/src/SettingsService.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace BsaPacker
 		static const QString& SETTING_HIDE_LOOSE_ASSETS;
 		static const QString& SETTING_CREATE_PLUGINS;
 		static const QString& SETTING_BLACKLISTED_FILES;
+		static const QString& SETTING_COMPRESS_ARCHIVES;
 		//static const QString& SETTING_SPLIT_ARCHIVES;
 
 		static const QList<MOBase::PluginSetting>& PluginSettings;