diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib
index 73b4150c..c43dfcc0 160000
--- a/gnulib
+++ b/gnulib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 73b4150cce3060d6100f50c949bb0b2980e71821
+Subproject commit c43dfcc0e838cc968dbc93036bcd603bb63eede5
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 6807e361..5c6fb7d7 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ defaults (void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
-  opt.compression = compression_none;
+  opt.compression = compression_auto;
 #endif
 
   /* The default for file name restriction defaults to the OS type. */