diff --git a/src/servers/src/http.rs b/src/servers/src/http.rs
index 816bccc61e..eba588fdbd 100644
--- a/src/servers/src/http.rs
+++ b/src/servers/src/http.rs
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ impl HttpServer {
             .layer(
                 ServiceBuilder::new()
                     .layer(HandleErrorLayer::new(handle_error))
-                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new()),
+                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new().pass_through_unaccepted(true)),
             )
             .with_state(log_state)
     }
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ impl HttpServer {
             .layer(
                 ServiceBuilder::new()
                     .layer(HandleErrorLayer::new(handle_error))
-                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new()),
+                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new().pass_through_unaccepted(true)),
             )
             .with_state(log_state)
     }
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ impl HttpServer {
             .layer(
                 ServiceBuilder::new()
                     .layer(HandleErrorLayer::new(handle_error))
-                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new()),
+                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new().pass_through_unaccepted(true)),
             )
             .route("/ping", routing::get(influxdb_ping))
             .route("/health", routing::get(influxdb_health))
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ impl HttpServer {
             .layer(
                 ServiceBuilder::new()
                     .layer(HandleErrorLayer::new(handle_error))
-                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new()),
+                    .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new().pass_through_unaccepted(true)),
             )
             .with_state(otlp_handler)
     }
diff --git a/tests-integration/tests/http.rs b/tests-integration/tests/http.rs
index 4245527cf7..0027700e80 100644
--- a/tests-integration/tests/http.rs
+++ b/tests-integration/tests/http.rs
@@ -1898,6 +1898,14 @@ pub async fn test_loki_pb_logs(store_type: StorageType) {
                 HeaderName::from_static("content-type"),
                 HeaderValue::from_static("application/x-protobuf"),
             ),
+            (
+                HeaderName::from_static("content-encoding"),
+                HeaderValue::from_static("snappy"),
+            ),
+            (
+                HeaderName::from_static("accept-encoding"),
+                HeaderValue::from_static("identity"),
+            ),
             (
                 HeaderName::from_static(GREPTIME_LOG_TABLE_NAME_HEADER_NAME),
                 HeaderValue::from_static("loki_table_name"),