diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a42aeef78de790c40ab120d6f3512d962bdface..b36765b424a5176f43f120784d1baca1080b06c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ memmem = "0.1"
 memoffset = "0.8"
 # When bumping the version of Sequoia search the code for XXX to find
 # spots where we can take advantage of new features.
-sequoia-openpgp = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+sequoia-openpgp = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = [ "compression" ] }
 thiserror = "1"
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]