diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp
index 8a69c3371a..a1be08e45e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp
@@ -1772,6 +1772,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> MeshOutput::supportedMeshFormats()
     fmt.emplace_back("off");
     fmt.emplace_back("smf");
     fmt.emplace_back("x3d");
+    fmt.emplace_back("x3dz");
     fmt.emplace_back("xhtml");
     fmt.emplace_back("wrl");
     fmt.emplace_back("wrz");
@@ -1813,6 +1814,9 @@ MeshIO::Format MeshOutput::GetFormat(const char* FileName)
     else if (file.hasExtension("x3d")) {
         return MeshIO::X3D;
     }
+    else if (file.hasExtension("x3dz")) {
+        return MeshIO::X3DZ;
+    }
     else if (file.hasExtension("xhtml")) {
         return MeshIO::X3DOM;
     }
@@ -1928,6 +1932,13 @@ bool MeshOutput::SaveAny(const char* FileName, MeshIO::Format format) const
         if (!SaveX3D(str))
             throw Base::FileException("Export of X3D failed",FileName);
     }
+    else if (fileformat == MeshIO::X3DZ) {
+        // Compressed X3D is nothing else than a GZIP'ped X3D ascii file
+        zipios::GZIPOutputStream gzip(str);
+        // write file
+        if (!SaveX3D(gzip))
+            throw Base::FileException("Export of compressed X3D mesh failed",FileName);
+    }
     else if (fileformat == MeshIO::X3DOM) {
         // write file
         if (!SaveX3DOM(str))
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h
index e52b28fd03..8e222fc048 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ namespace MeshIO {
         MGL,
         IV,
         X3D,
+        X3DZ,
         X3DOM,
         VRML,
         WRZ,
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/MeshPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/MeshPyImp.cpp
index 541c94efc6..326f6cfe39 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/MeshPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/MeshPyImp.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ PyObject*  MeshPy::read(PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     ext["OFF" ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::OFF;
     ext["IV"  ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::IV;
     ext["X3D" ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::X3D;
+    ext["X3DZ"] = MeshCore::MeshIO::X3DZ;
     ext["VRML"] = MeshCore::MeshIO::VRML;
     ext["WRL" ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::VRML;
     ext["WRZ" ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::WRZ;
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ PyObject*  MeshPy::write(PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     ext["MGL"  ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::MGL;
     ext["IV"   ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::IV;
     ext["X3D"  ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::X3D;
+    ext["X3DZ" ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::X3DZ;
     ext["X3DOM"] = MeshCore::MeshIO::X3DOM;
     ext["VRML" ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::VRML;
     ext["WRL"  ] = MeshCore::MeshIO::VRML;
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/Command.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/Command.cpp
index 1e57b26b40..648b22513d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/Command.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ void CmdMeshExport::activated(int)
     ext << qMakePair<QString, QByteArray>(QString::fromLatin1("%1 (*.off)").arg(QObject::tr("Object File Format")), "OFF");
     ext << qMakePair<QString, QByteArray>(QString::fromLatin1("%1 (*.iv)").arg(QObject::tr("Inventor V2.1 ascii")), "IV");
     ext << qMakePair<QString, QByteArray>(QString::fromLatin1("%1 (*.x3d)").arg(QObject::tr("X3D Extensible 3D")), "X3D");
+    ext << qMakePair<QString, QByteArray>(QString::fromLatin1("%1 (*.x3dz)").arg(QObject::tr("Compressed X3D")), "X3DZ");
     ext << qMakePair<QString, QByteArray>(QString::fromLatin1("%1 (*.xhtml)").arg(QObject::tr("WebGL/X3D")), "X3DOM");
     ext << qMakePair<QString, QByteArray>(QString::fromLatin1("%1 (*.ply)").arg(QObject::tr("Stanford Polygon")), "PLY");
     ext << qMakePair<QString, QByteArray>(QString::fromLatin1("%1 (*.wrl *.vrml)").arg(QObject::tr("VRML V2.0")), "VRML");