diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bdea142..971be2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Add this dependency to your project's POM:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.browserstack</groupId>
     <artifactId>browserstack-local-java</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.4</version>
+    <version>1.1.5</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4fc19b..c372100 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <groupId>com.browserstack</groupId>
     <artifactId>browserstack-local-java</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>1.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.5</version>
 
     <name>browserstack-local-java</name>
     <description>Java bindings for BrowserStack Local</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/Local.java b/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/Local.java
index 8e4cb34..7669007 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/Local.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/Local.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class Local {
     private LocalProcess proc = null;
 
     // Current version of binding package, used for --source option of binary
-    private final String packageVersion = "1.1.4";
+    private static final String packageVersion = "1.1.5";
     private final Map<String, String> parameters;
     private final Map<String, String> avoidValueParameters;
 
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ public boolean isRunning() throws Exception {
         return isProcessRunning(pid);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the package version
+     *
+     * @return {String} package version
+     */
+    public static String getPackageVersion() {
+        return packageVersion;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a list of command-line arguments for the Local instance
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/LocalBinary.java b/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/LocalBinary.java
index 5f088d0..6b7a0fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/LocalBinary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/browserstack/local/LocalBinary.java
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 package com.browserstack.local;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipException;
 
 class LocalBinary {
 
@@ -58,7 +65,8 @@ private void initialize() throws LocalException {
             throw new LocalException("Failed to detect OS type");
         }
 
-        httpPath = BIN_URL + binFileName;
+        String sourceURL = BIN_URL;
+        httpPath = sourceURL + binFileName;
     }
 
     private boolean isAlpine() {
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ private void downloadBinary(String destParentDir, Boolean custom) throws LocalEx
             URL url = new URL(httpPath);
 
             File f = new File(source);
-            FileUtils.copyURLToFile(url, f);
+            newCopyToFile(url, f);
 
             changePermissions(binaryPath);
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -192,4 +200,38 @@ private void changePermissions(String path) {
     public String getBinaryPath() {
         return binaryPath;
     }
+
+    private static void newCopyToFile(URL url, File f) throws IOException {
+        URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
+        conn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "browserstack-local-java/" + Local.getPackageVersion());
+        conn.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, *");
+        String contentEncoding = conn.getContentEncoding();
+
+        if (contentEncoding == null || !contentEncoding.toLowerCase().contains("gzip")) {
+            customCopyInputStreamToFile(conn.getInputStream(), f, url);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try (InputStream stream = new GZIPInputStream(conn.getInputStream())) {
+            if (System.getenv().containsKey("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_DEBUG_GZIP")) {
+                System.out.println("using gzip in " + conn.getRequestProperty("User-Agent"));
+            }
+
+            customCopyInputStreamToFile(stream, f, url);
+        } catch (ZipException e) {
+            FileUtils.copyURLToFile(url, f);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void customCopyInputStreamToFile(InputStream stream, File file, URL url) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            FileUtils.copyInputStreamToFile(stream, file); 
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file)) {
+                IOUtils.copy(stream, fos);
+            } catch (Throwable th) {
+                FileUtils.copyURLToFile(url, file);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }