diff --git a/newcache.py b/newcache.py
index 1a26e17..ef250cf 100644
--- a/newcache.py
+++ b/newcache.py
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 CACHE_KEY_MODULE = getattr(settings, 'CACHE_KEY_MODULE', 'newcache')
 CACHE_HERD_TIMEOUT = getattr(settings, 'CACHE_HERD_TIMEOUT', 60)
 
+CACHE_MIN_COMPRESS = getattr(settings, 'PYLIBMC_MIN_COMPRESS_LEN', 0)  # Disabled
+if CACHE_MIN_COMPRESS > 0 and not memcache.support_compression:
+    CACHE_MIN_COMPRESS = 0
+
 class Marker(object):
     pass
 
@@ -130,7 +134,10 @@ def add(self, key, value, timeout=None, herd=True):
         else:
             packed = value
             real_timeout = self._get_memcache_timeout(timeout)
-        return self._cache.add(key_func(key), packed, real_timeout)
+        args = [key_func(key), packed, real_timeout]
+        if using_pylibmc is True:
+            args.append(CACHE_MIN_COMPRESS)
+        return self._cache.add(*args)
 
     def get(self, key, default=None):
         encoded_key = key_func(key)
@@ -160,7 +167,10 @@ def set(self, key, value, timeout=None, herd=True):
         else:
             packed = value
             real_timeout = self._get_memcache_timeout(timeout)
-        return self._cache.set(key_func(key), packed, real_timeout)
+        args = [key_func(key), packed, real_timeout]
+        if using_pylibmc is True:
+            args.append(CACHE_MIN_COMPRESS)
+        return self._cache.set(*args)
 
     def delete(self, key):
         self._cache.delete(key_func(key))