diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7483f190..6ea7ac02 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ v0.39.0		09-Oct-2003
 		mailers that don't support this option. The compression will
 		transfer some files about twice as fast as without compression.
 		Changed signal handlers to better detect broken TCP links.
+		Added logging to show compressed bytes and switched to compress
+		level 9 compression instead of 6.
 
 	lang:
 		Added language prompt 20.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 45b89c6d..4d304297 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4262,9 +4262,9 @@ done
 
 fi
 
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for compress in -lz" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for compress in -lz... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_lib_z_compress+set}" = set; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for compress2 in -lz" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for compress2 in -lz... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_z_compress2+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
@@ -4283,11 +4283,11 @@ extern "C"
 #endif
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-char compress ();
+char compress2 ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-compress ();
+compress2 ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -4304,19 +4304,19 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  ac_cv_lib_z_compress=yes
+  ac_cv_lib_z_compress2=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-ac_cv_lib_z_compress=no
+ac_cv_lib_z_compress2=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_z_compress" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_z_compress" >&6
-if test $ac_cv_lib_z_compress = yes; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_z_compress2" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_z_compress2" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_z_compress2 = yes; then
   result=yes
 else
   result=no
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7349fc98..afe73102 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if test "$result" = "yes"; then
   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/types.h)
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB(z,compress,result=yes,result=no)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(z,compress2,result=yes,result=no)
 if test "$result" = "yes"; then
   LIBS="$LIBS -lz"
   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(zlib.h)
diff --git a/mbcico/hydra.c b/mbcico/hydra.c
index 64821a94..f975460e 100644
--- a/mbcico/hydra.c
+++ b/mbcico/hydra.c
@@ -560,11 +560,12 @@ int hydra_batch(int role, file_list *to_send)
     struct timeval  rxstarttime, rxendtime;
     struct timezone tz;
     int		    sverr;
-    int		    rcz;
+    int		    rcz, txcompressed;
 
     Syslog('h', "Hydra: resettimers");
     RESETTIMERS();
 
+    txcompressed = 0;
     txpos = rxpos = 0;
     stxpos = srxpos = 0;
     txretries = rxretries = 0;
@@ -852,6 +853,8 @@ int hydra_batch(int role, file_list *to_send)
 
 		    Syslog('+', "Hydra: send \"%s\" as \"%s\"", MBSE_SS(to_send->local), MBSE_SS(to_send->remote));
 		    Syslog('+', "Hydra: size %lu bytes, dated %s",(unsigned long)txstat.st_size, date(txstat.st_mtime));
+		    if (txcompressed)
+			Syslog('+', "Hydra: saved by compression %d bytes", txcompressed);
 		    gettimeofday(&txstarttime, &tz);
 		}
 
@@ -900,6 +903,7 @@ int hydra_batch(int role, file_list *to_send)
 			txlen = 1;
 		    }
 
+		    txcompressed = 0;
 		    hytxpkt(HPKT_FINFO, txbuf, txlen);
 
 		    if (txretries > 0) {
@@ -1013,11 +1017,12 @@ int hydra_batch(int role, file_list *to_send)
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_H
 			if ((txoptions & HOPT_CANPLZ) && (txretries == 0)) {
 			    txzlen = H_ZIPBUFLEN - 4;
-			    rcz = compress(txzbuf + 4, &txzlen, txbuf + 4, txlen);
+			    rcz = compress2(txzbuf + 4, &txzlen, txbuf + 4, txlen, 9);
 			    if (rcz == Z_OK) {
 				Syslog('h', "Compressed OK, srclen=%d, destlen=%d, will send compressed=%s", txlen, txzlen,
 					(txzlen < txlen) ?"yes":"no");
 				if (txzlen < txlen) {
+				    txcompressed += (txlen - txzlen);
 				    put_long(txzbuf, txpos);
 				    txpos += txlen;
 				    sentbytes += txlen;