diff --git a/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php b/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php
index 1f66863b4..6f56be874 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php
@@ -2747,6 +2747,11 @@ class e_db_mysql
 			$tableList 	= explode(",",$table);
 		}
 
+		if(!empty($options['gzip']))
+		{
+			$backupFile .= '.gz';
+		}
+
 
         include_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/Ifsnop/Mysqldump/Mysqldump.php');