diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d153d77..dea0e12 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Fixes:
 o Added opam file in-source
 o Fixed -set-annotations with page links
 o Allow Exif JPEGs as well as JFIF ones in -jpeg and -draw-jpeg
+o Only compress a stream if it actually makes it smaller
 
 2.6.1 (September 2023)
 
diff --git a/cpdfdraft.ml b/cpdfdraft.ml
index 3fe8ffd..b448976 100644
--- a/cpdfdraft.ml
+++ b/cpdfdraft.ml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ and remove_images_page onlyremove boxes pdf page =
         {page with
           Pdfpage.content =
             (let stream = Pdfops.stream_of_ops content' in
-              Pdfcodec.encode_pdfstream pdf Pdfcodec.Flate stream;
+              Pdfcodec.encode_pdfstream ~only_if_smaller:true pdf Pdfcodec.Flate stream;
               [stream]);
           Pdfpage.resources = resources'}, pdf
 
diff --git a/cpdfsqueeze.ml b/cpdfsqueeze.ml
index 06ab481..8e1de1a 100644
--- a/cpdfsqueeze.ml
+++ b/cpdfsqueeze.ml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let recompress_stream pdf = function
       with
       | _, Some (Pdf.Name "/Metadata") -> ()
       | (None | Some (Pdf.Array [])), _ ->
-          Pdfcodec.encode_pdfstream pdf Pdfcodec.Flate stream
+           Pdfcodec.encode_pdfstream ~only_if_smaller:true pdf Pdfcodec.Flate stream
       | _ -> ()
       end
   | _ -> assert false