diff --git a/src/httpresponse.rs b/src/httpresponse.rs
index 2e92fcaa1..52327d6e7 100644
--- a/src/httpresponse.rs
+++ b/src/httpresponse.rs
@@ -894,9 +894,16 @@ mod tests {
         let resp = HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK).finish().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(resp.content_encoding(), None);
 
+        #[cfg(feature="brotli")]
+        {
+            let resp = HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK)
+                .content_encoding(ContentEncoding::Br).finish().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(resp.content_encoding(), Some(ContentEncoding::Br));
+        }
+
         let resp = HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK)
-            .content_encoding(ContentEncoding::Br).finish().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(resp.content_encoding(), Some(ContentEncoding::Br));
+            .content_encoding(ContentEncoding::Gzip).finish().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(resp.content_encoding(), Some(ContentEncoding::Gzip));
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/server/encoding.rs b/src/server/encoding.rs
index bd6921d21..5374b6244 100644
--- a/src/server/encoding.rs
+++ b/src/server/encoding.rs
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@ impl ContentEncoder {
                     let transfer = TransferEncoding::eof(tmp.clone());
                     let mut enc = match encoding {
                         ContentEncoding::Deflate => ContentEncoder::Deflate(
-                            DeflateEncoder::new(transfer, Compression::default())),
+                            DeflateEncoder::new(transfer, Compression::fast())),
                         ContentEncoding::Gzip => ContentEncoder::Gzip(
-                            GzEncoder::new(transfer, Compression::default())),
+                            GzEncoder::new(transfer, Compression::fasr())),
                         #[cfg(feature="brotli")]
                         ContentEncoding::Br => ContentEncoder::Br(
-                            BrotliEncoder::new(transfer, 5)),
+                            BrotliEncoder::new(transfer, 3)),
                         ContentEncoding::Identity => ContentEncoder::Identity(transfer),
                         ContentEncoding::Auto => unreachable!()
                     };
diff --git a/tests/test_client.rs b/tests/test_client.rs
index f8a9cdffc..6452baef4 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.rs
+++ b/tests/test_client.rs
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ fn test_client_gzip_encoding_large_random() {
     assert_eq!(bytes, Bytes::from(data));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_client_brotli_encoding() {
     let mut srv = test::TestServer::new(|app| app.handler(|req: HttpRequest| {
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ fn test_client_brotli_encoding() {
     assert_eq!(bytes, Bytes::from_static(STR.as_ref()));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_client_brotli_encoding_large_random() {
     let data = rand::thread_rng()
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ fn test_client_brotli_encoding_large_random() {
     assert_eq!(bytes, Bytes::from(data));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_client_deflate_encoding() {
     let mut srv = test::TestServer::new(|app| app.handler(|req: HttpRequest| {
@@ -266,6 +269,7 @@ fn test_client_deflate_encoding() {
     assert_eq!(bytes, Bytes::from_static(STR.as_ref()));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_client_deflate_encoding_large_random() {
     let data = rand::thread_rng()
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 9cc09d029..d6c25f737 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ extern crate h2;
 extern crate http;
 extern crate bytes;
 extern crate flate2;
-extern crate brotli2;
 extern crate rand;
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
+extern crate brotli2;
+
 use std::{net, thread, time};
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::sync::{Arc, mpsc};
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use flate2::Compression;
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use flate2::write::{GzEncoder, DeflateEncoder, DeflateDecoder};
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 use brotli2::write::{BrotliEncoder, BrotliDecoder};
 use futures::{Future, Stream};
 use futures::stream::once;
@@ -291,6 +294,7 @@ fn test_body_chunked_implicit() {
     assert_eq!(Bytes::from(dec), Bytes::from_static(STR.as_ref()));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_body_br_streaming() {
     let mut srv = test::TestServer::new(
@@ -443,6 +447,7 @@ fn test_body_deflate() {
     assert_eq!(Bytes::from(dec), Bytes::from_static(STR.as_ref()));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_body_brotli() {
     let mut srv = test::TestServer::new(
@@ -649,6 +654,7 @@ fn test_reading_deflate_encoding_large_random() {
     assert_eq!(bytes, Bytes::from(data));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_brotli_encoding() {
     let mut srv = test::TestServer::new(|app| app.handler(|req: HttpRequest| {
@@ -677,6 +683,7 @@ fn test_brotli_encoding() {
     assert_eq!(bytes, Bytes::from_static(STR.as_ref()));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="brotli")]
 #[test]
 fn test_brotli_encoding_large() {
     let data = STR.repeat(10);