diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 0821ba5..a0f430e 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ _package() {
   rm -f "${pkgdir}"/lib/modules/${_kernver}/{source,build}
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
-  # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}${_kernelname:--ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/config b/config
index 86b04df..1ba647d 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
 # CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
 # CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is not set
-# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS is not set
+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ is not set
 CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y
 CONFIG_BLOCK=y
 CONFIG_LBDAF=y
diff --git a/config.x86_64 b/config.x86_64
index c3baaed..20bad95 100644
--- a/config.x86_64
+++ b/config.x86_64
@@ -303,7 +303,9 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
 # CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
 # CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is not set
-# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS is not set
+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ is not set
 CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y
 CONFIG_BLOCK=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG=y