1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/g10/gpg.c b/g10/gpg.c
index 68c0454ee..de40d3828 100644
--- a/g10/gpg.c
+++ b/g10/gpg.c
@@ -3203,6 +3203,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	  case oCompress:
 	    /* this is the -z command line option */
 	    opt.compress_level = opt.bz2_compress_level = pargs.r.ret_int;
+            opt.explicit_compress_option = 1;
 	    break;
 	  case oCompressLevel: opt.compress_level = pargs.r.ret_int; break;
 	  case oBZ2CompressLevel: opt.bz2_compress_level = pargs.r.ret_int; break;