diff --git a/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go b/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go
index 990cb8cc5..1df6b0f62 100644
--- a/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go
+++ b/pkg/getter/httpgetter.go
@@ -81,19 +81,17 @@ func newHTTPGetter(URL, CertFile, KeyFile, CAFile string) (Getter, error) {
 // NewHTTPGetter constructs a valid http/https client as HttpGetter
 func NewHTTPGetter(URL, CertFile, KeyFile, CAFile string) (*HttpGetter, error) {
 	var client HttpGetter
+	tr := &http.Transport{
+		DisableCompression: true,
+	}
 	if (CertFile != "" && KeyFile != "") || CAFile != "" {
 		tlsConf, err := tlsutil.NewTLSConfig(URL, CertFile, KeyFile, CAFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return &client, fmt.Errorf("can't create TLS config: %s", err.Error())
 		}
-		client.client = &http.Client{
-			Transport: &http.Transport{
-				TLSClientConfig: tlsConf,
-				Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
-			},
-		}
-	} else {
-		client.client = http.DefaultClient
+		tr.TLSClientConfig = tlsConf
+		tr.Proxy = http.ProxyFromEnvironment
 	}
+	client.client = &http.Client{Transport: tr}
 	return &client, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go b/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go
index ec730f401..fa4863de8 100644
--- a/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/getter/httpgetter_test.go
@@ -16,21 +16,29 @@ limitations under the License.
 package getter
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+type TestFileHandler struct{}
+
+func (h *TestFileHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	HandleClient(w, r)
+}
+
 func TestHTTPGetter(t *testing.T) {
 	g, err := newHTTPGetter("http://example.com", "", "", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if hg, ok := g.(*HttpGetter); !ok {
+	if _, ok := g.(*HttpGetter); !ok {
 		t.Fatal("Expected newHTTPGetter to produce an HttpGetter")
-	} else if hg.client != http.DefaultClient {
-		t.Fatal("Expected newHTTPGetter to return a default HTTP client.")
 	}
 
 	// Test with SSL:
@@ -58,3 +66,42 @@ func TestHTTPGetter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Expected newHTTPGetter to return a non-default HTTP client")
 	}
 }
+
+func HandleClient(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+	f, _ := os.Open("testdata/sssd-0.1.0.tgz")
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	b := make([]byte, 512)
+	f.Read(b)
+	//Get the file size
+	FileStat, _ := f.Stat()
+	FileSize := strconv.FormatInt(FileStat.Size(), 10)
+
+	//Simulating improper header values from bitbucket
+	writer.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-tar")
+	writer.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+	writer.Header().Set("Content-Length", FileSize)
+
+	f.Seek(0, 0)
+	io.Copy(writer, f)
+	return
+}
+
+func TestHTTPGetterTarDownload(t *testing.T) {
+	h := &TestFileHandler{}
+	server := httptest.NewServer(h)
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	g, err := newHTTPGetter(server.URL, "", "", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	data, _ := g.Get(server.URL)
+	mimeType := http.DetectContentType(data.Bytes())
+
+	expectedMimeType := "application/x-gzip"
+	if mimeType != expectedMimeType {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected response with MIME type %s, but got %s", expectedMimeType, mimeType)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/getter/testdata/sssd-0.1.0.tgz b/pkg/getter/testdata/sssd-0.1.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f34fece6
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