diff --git a/Network/Wai/Middleware/Gzip.hs b/Network/Wai/Middleware/Gzip.hs
--- a/Network/Wai/Middleware/Gzip.hs
+++ b/Network/Wai/Middleware/Gzip.hs
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
     def = GzipSettings GzipIgnore defaultCheckMime
 
 defaultCheckMime :: S.ByteString -> Bool
-defaultCheckMime = S8.isPrefixOf "text/"
+defaultCheckMime "text/event-stream" = False
+defaultCheckMime bs = S8.isPrefixOf "text/" bs
 
 -- | Use gzip to compress the body of the response.
 --
diff --git a/wai-extra.cabal b/wai-extra.cabal
--- a/wai-extra.cabal
+++ b/wai-extra.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                wai-extra
-Version:             1.0.0
+Version:             1.0.0.1
 Synopsis:            Provides some basic WAI handlers and middleware.
 Description:         The goal here is to provide common features without many dependencies.
 License:             BSD3