diff --git a/include/libxml/parser.h b/include/libxml/parser.h
index 86dd54f4..bad81cfb 100644
--- a/include/libxml/parser.h
+++ b/include/libxml/parser.h
@@ -1243,7 +1243,10 @@ typedef enum {
     XML_PARSE_OLDSAX    = 1<<20,/* parse using SAX2 interface before 2.7.0 */
     XML_PARSE_IGNORE_ENC= 1<<21,/* ignore internal document encoding hint */
     XML_PARSE_BIG_LINES = 1<<22,/* Store big lines numbers in text PSVI field */
-    XML_PARSE_NO_XXE    = 1<<23 /* disable loading of external content */
+    /* since 2.13.0 */
+    XML_PARSE_NO_XXE    = 1<<23,/* disable loading of external content */
+    /* since 2.14.0 */
+    XML_PARSE_NO_UNZIP  = 1<<24 /* disable compressed content */
 } xmlParserOption;
 
 XMLPUBFUN void
diff --git a/include/private/parser.h b/include/private/parser.h
index b14bebf9..9eb9b585 100644
--- a/include/private/parser.h
+++ b/include/private/parser.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ xmlParserNsLookupSax(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const xmlChar *prefix);
 
 #define XML_INPUT_BUF_STATIC		(1u << 1)
 #define XML_INPUT_BUF_ZERO_TERMINATED	(1u << 2)
+#define XML_INPUT_UNZIP                 (1u << 3)
 
 XML_HIDDEN xmlParserInputPtr
 xmlNewInputURL(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *url, const char *publicId,
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 711d44d5..8d263358 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -13578,6 +13578,13 @@ xmlCtxtSetOptionsInternal(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, int options, int keepMask)
  *
  * Enable reporting of line numbers larger than 65535.
  *
+ * XML_PARSE_NO_UNZIP
+ *
+ * Disables input decompression. Setting this option is recommended
+ * to avoid zip bombs.
+ *
+ * Available since 2.14.0.
+ *
  * Returns 0 in case of success, the set of unknown or unimplemented options
  *         in case of error.
  */
diff --git a/parserInternals.c b/parserInternals.c
index 250172c2..5a1e85fd 100644
--- a/parserInternals.c
+++ b/parserInternals.c
@@ -2050,8 +2050,12 @@ xmlNewInputFromFile(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *filename) {
         if (buf == NULL)
             code = XML_IO_ENOENT;
     } else {
+        int flags = 0;
+
+        if ((ctxt->options & XML_PARSE_NO_UNZIP) == 0)
+            flags |= XML_INPUT_UNZIP;
         code = xmlParserInputBufferCreateUrl(filename, XML_CHAR_ENCODING_NONE,
-                                             0, &buf);
+                                             flags, &buf);
     }
     if (code != XML_ERR_OK) {
         xmlCtxtErrIO(ctxt, code, filename);
diff --git a/xmlIO.c b/xmlIO.c
index d93ae941..21390aa7 100644
--- a/xmlIO.c
+++ b/xmlIO.c
@@ -1106,10 +1106,13 @@ xmlIODefaultMatch(const char *filename ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
  */
 static int
 xmlInputDefaultOpen(xmlParserInputBufferPtr buf, const char *filename,
-                    int flags ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+                    int flags) {
     int ret;
     int fd;
 
+    /* Avoid unused variable warning */
+    (void) flags;
+
 #ifdef LIBXML_FTP_ENABLED
     if (xmlIOFTPMatch(filename)) {
         buf->context = xmlIOFTPOpen(filename);
@@ -1138,7 +1141,7 @@ xmlInputDefaultOpen(xmlParserInputBufferPtr buf, const char *filename,
         return(XML_IO_ENOENT);
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_LZMA_ENABLED
-    {
+    if (flags & XML_INPUT_UNZIP) {
         xzFile xzStream;
 
         ret = xmlFdOpen(filename, 0, &fd);
@@ -1165,7 +1168,7 @@ xmlInputDefaultOpen(xmlParserInputBufferPtr buf, const char *filename,
 #endif /* LIBXML_LZMA_ENABLED */
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED
-    {
+    if (flags & XML_INPUT_UNZIP) {
         gzFile gzStream;
 
         ret = xmlFdOpen(filename, 0, &fd);