diff --git a/README b/README
index 11826d4..3242aeb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Version 0.8
 
   Fix compatability with older versions of OpenSSL
 
+  Swapped order of none,zlib compression modes to prefer no compression by default.
+
 Version 0.7
 -----------
 
diff --git a/src/comp.c b/src/comp.c
index df8c9ec..87bafab 100644
--- a/src/comp.c
+++ b/src/comp.c
@@ -272,10 +272,10 @@ static LIBSSH2_COMP_METHOD libssh2_comp_method_zlib = {
    *********************** */
 
 static LIBSSH2_COMP_METHOD *_libssh2_comp_methods[] = {
+	&libssh2_comp_method_none,
 #ifdef LIBSSH2_HAVE_ZLIB
 	&libssh2_comp_method_zlib,
 #endif /* LIBSSH2_HAVE_ZLIB */
-	&libssh2_comp_method_none,
 	NULL
 };