diff --git a/tests/integration/test_httpx.py b/tests/integration/test_httpx.py
index d3883e2..e508f6d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_httpx.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_httpx.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import vcr
 asyncio = pytest.importorskip("asyncio")
 httpx = pytest.importorskip("httpx")
 
+from ..assertions import assert_is_json_bytes
 
 @pytest.fixture(params=["https", "http"])
 def scheme(request):
@@ -207,22 +208,6 @@ def test_redirect(httpbin, yml, do_request):
     assert cassette_response.request.headers.items() == response.request.headers.items()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.online
-def test_work_with_gzipped_data(httpbin, do_request, yml):
-    url = httpbin.url + "/gzip?foo=bar"
-    headers = {"accept-encoding": "deflate, gzip"}
-
-    with vcr.use_cassette(yml):
-        do_request(headers=headers)("GET", url)
-
-    with vcr.use_cassette(yml) as cassette:
-        cassette_response = do_request(headers=headers)("GET", url)
-
-        # Show we can read the content of the cassette.
-        assert cassette_response.json()['gzipped'] == True
-        assert cassette.play_count == 1
-
-
 @pytest.mark.online
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("url", ["https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy/issues/" + str(i) for i in range(3, 6)])
 def test_simple_fetching(do_request, yml, url):
@@ -296,7 +281,7 @@ def test_stream(tmpdir, httpbin, do_request):
         ("httpx_old_format", "OK"),
     ],
 )
-def test_load_gzipped(do_request, cassette_name, reason):
+def test_load_cassette_format(do_request, cassette_name, reason):
     mydir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
     yml = f"{mydir}/cassettes/gzip_{cassette_name}.yaml"
     url = "https://httpbin.org/gzip"
@@ -314,3 +299,48 @@ def test_load_gzipped(do_request, cassette_name, reason):
         assert cassette_response.status_code == 200
         assert cassette_response.reason_phrase == reason
 
+
+def test_gzip__decode_compressed_response_false(tmpdir, httpbin, do_request):
+    """
+    Ensure that httpx is able to automatically decompress the response body.
+    """
+    for _ in range(2):  # one for recording, one for re-playing
+        with vcr.use_cassette(str(tmpdir.join("gzip.yaml"))) as cassette:
+            response = do_request()("GET", httpbin + "/gzip")
+            assert response.headers["content-encoding"] == "gzip"  # i.e. not removed
+            # The content stored in the cassette should be gzipped.
+            assert cassette.responses[0]["body"]["string"][:2] == b"\x1f\x8b"
+            assert_is_json_bytes(response.content)  # i.e. uncompressed bytes
+
+
+def test_gzip__decode_compressed_response_true(do_request, tmpdir, httpbin):
+    url = httpbin + "/gzip"
+
+    expected_response = do_request()("GET", url)
+    expected_content = expected_response.content
+    assert expected_response.headers["content-encoding"] == "gzip"  # self-test
+
+    with vcr.use_cassette(
+        str(tmpdir.join("decode_compressed.yaml")),
+        decode_compressed_response=True,
+    ) as cassette:
+        r = do_request()("GET", url)
+        assert r.headers["content-encoding"] == "gzip"  # i.e. not removed
+        content_length = r.headers["content-length"]
+        assert r.content == expected_content
+
+    # Has the cassette body been decompressed?
+    cassette_response_body = cassette.responses[0]["body"]["string"]
+    assert isinstance(cassette_response_body, str)
+
+    # Content should be JSON.
+    assert cassette_response_body[0:1] == "{"
+
+    with vcr.use_cassette(str(tmpdir.join("decode_compressed.yaml")), decode_compressed_response=True):
+        r = httpx.get(url)
+        assert "content-encoding" not in r.headers  # i.e. removed
+        assert r.content == expected_content
+
+        # As the content is uncompressed, it should have a bigger
+        # length than the compressed version.
+        assert r.headers["content-length"] > content_length
diff --git a/vcr/stubs/httpx_stubs.py b/vcr/stubs/httpx_stubs.py
index 477cf95..8fc63e7 100644
--- a/vcr/stubs/httpx_stubs.py
+++ b/vcr/stubs/httpx_stubs.py
@@ -38,17 +38,27 @@ def _transform_headers(httpx_response):
 
 async def _to_serialized_response(resp, aread):
 
-    if aread:
-        await resp.aread()
-    else:
-        resp.read()
+    # The content shouldn't already have been read in by HTTPX.
+    assert not hasattr(resp, "_decoder")
 
-    return {
+    # Retrieve the content, but without decoding it.
+    with patch.dict(resp.headers, {"Content-Encoding": ""}):
+        if aread:
+            await resp.aread()
+        else:
+            resp.read()
+
+    result = {
         "status": dict(code=resp.status_code, message=resp.reason_phrase),
         "headers": _transform_headers(resp),
         "body": {"string": resp.content},
     }
 
+    # As the content wasn't decoded, we restore the response to a state which
+    # will be capable of decoding the content for the consumer.
+    del resp._decoder
+    resp._content = resp._get_content_decoder().decode(resp.content)
+    return result
 
 def _from_serialized_headers(headers):
     """