diff --git a/http/middleware/compress/compress.go b/http/middleware/compress/compress.go
index 68521b7a..aa5017b2 100644
--- a/http/middleware/compress/compress.go
+++ b/http/middleware/compress/compress.go
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ type Config struct {
 	Skipper middleware.Skipper
 
 	// Compression level.
-	// Optional. Default value -1.
+	// Optional. Default value 0.
 	Level Level
 
 	// Length threshold before compression
 	// is used. Optional. Default value 0
 	MinLength int
+
+	// Schemes is a list of enabled compressiond. Optional. Default [GzipScheme, ZstdScheme]
+	Schemes []Scheme
 }
 
 type Compression interface {
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	Skipper:   middleware.DefaultSkipper,
 	Level:     DefaultCompression,
 	MinLength: 0,
+	Schemes:   []Scheme{GzipScheme, ZstdScheme},
 }
 
 // ContentTypesSkipper returns a Skipper based on the list of content types
@@ -125,9 +129,41 @@ func NewWithConfig(config Config) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 		config.MinLength = DefaultConfig.MinLength
 	}
 
-	gzipPool := NewGzip(config.Level)
-	brotliPool := NewBrotli(config.Level)
-	zstdPool := NewZstd(config.Level)
+	if len(config.Schemes) == 0 {
+		config.Schemes = DefaultConfig.Schemes
+	}
+
+	gzipEnable := false
+	brotliEnable := false
+	zstdEnable := false
+
+	for _, s := range config.Schemes {
+		switch s {
+		case GzipScheme:
+			gzipEnable = true
+		case BrotliScheme:
+			brotliEnable = true
+		case ZstdScheme:
+			zstdEnable = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	var gzipPool Compression
+	var brotliPool Compression
+	var zstdPool Compression
+
+	if gzipEnable {
+		gzipPool = NewGzip(config.Level)
+	}
+
+	if brotliEnable {
+		brotliPool = NewBrotli(config.Level)
+	}
+
+	if zstdEnable {
+		zstdPool = NewZstd(config.Level)
+	}
+
 	bpool := bufferPool()
 
 	return func(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
@@ -143,13 +179,13 @@ func NewWithConfig(config Config) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 			var pool Compression
 			var scheme Scheme
 
-			if strings.Contains(encodings, ZstdScheme.String()) {
+			if zstdEnable && strings.Contains(encodings, ZstdScheme.String()) {
 				pool = zstdPool
 				scheme = ZstdScheme
-			} else if strings.Contains(encodings, BrotliScheme.String()) {
+			} else if brotliEnable && strings.Contains(encodings, BrotliScheme.String()) {
 				pool = brotliPool
 				scheme = BrotliScheme
-			} else if strings.Contains(encodings, GzipScheme.String()) {
+			} else if gzipEnable && strings.Contains(encodings, GzipScheme.String()) {
 				pool = gzipPool
 				scheme = GzipScheme
 			}
diff --git a/http/middleware/compress/compress_test.go b/http/middleware/compress/compress_test.go
index 2ee10743..3e4c6047 100644
--- a/http/middleware/compress/compress_test.go
+++ b/http/middleware/compress/compress_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestCompress(t *testing.T) {
 			c := e.NewContext(req, rec)
 
 			// Skip if no Accept-Encoding header
-			h := New()(func(c echo.Context) error {
+			h := NewWithConfig(Config{Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}})(func(c echo.Context) error {
 				c.Response().Write([]byte("test")) // For Content-Type sniffing
 				return nil
 			})
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestCompress(t *testing.T) {
 			rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
 
 			c = e.NewContext(req, rec)
-			New()(func(c echo.Context) error {
+			NewWithConfig(Config{Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}})(func(c echo.Context) error {
 				c.Response().Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
 				c.Response().Header().Set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestCompressWithMinLength(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(scheme.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
 			e := echo.New()
 			// Invalid level
-			e.Use(NewWithConfig(Config{MinLength: 5}))
+			e.Use(NewWithConfig(Config{MinLength: 5, Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}}))
 			e.GET("/", func(c echo.Context) error {
 				c.Response().Write([]byte("test"))
 				return nil
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func TestCompressNoContent(t *testing.T) {
 			req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding, scheme.String())
 			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 			c := e.NewContext(req, rec)
-			h := New()(func(c echo.Context) error {
+			h := NewWithConfig(Config{Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}})(func(c echo.Context) error {
 				return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
 			})
 			if assert.NoError(t, h(c)) {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestCompressEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 			req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding, scheme.String())
 			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 			c := e.NewContext(req, rec)
-			h := New()(func(c echo.Context) error {
+			h := NewWithConfig(Config{Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}})(func(c echo.Context) error {
 				return c.String(http.StatusOK, "")
 			})
 			if assert.NoError(t, h(c)) {
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func TestCompressErrorReturned(t *testing.T) {
 	for scheme := range schemes {
 		t.Run(scheme.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
 			e := echo.New()
-			e.Use(New())
+			e.Use(NewWithConfig(Config{Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}}))
 			e.GET("/", func(c echo.Context) error {
 				return echo.ErrNotFound
 			})
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func TestCompressWithStatic(t *testing.T) {
 	for scheme, reader := range schemes {
 		t.Run(scheme.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
 			e := echo.New()
-			e.Use(New())
+			e.Use(NewWithConfig(Config{Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}}))
 			e.Static("/test", "./")
 			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/test/compress.go", nil)
 			req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding, scheme.String())
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ func BenchmarkCompress(b *testing.B) {
 			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
 			req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding, scheme.String())
 
-			h := New()(func(c echo.Context) error {
-				c.Response().Write([]byte("test"))
+			h := NewWithConfig(Config{Level: BestSpeed, Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}})(func(c echo.Context) error {
+				c.Response().Write([]byte("testtesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttest"))
 				return nil
 			})
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func BenchmarkCompressLarge(b *testing.B) {
 			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
 			req.Header.Set(echo.HeaderAcceptEncoding, scheme.String())
 
-			h := New()(func(c echo.Context) error {
+			h := NewWithConfig(Config{Level: BestSpeed, Schemes: []Scheme{scheme}})(func(c echo.Context) error {
 				c.Response().Write(data)
 				return nil
 			})