diff --git a/core/src/main/java/feign/Client.java b/core/src/main/java/feign/Client.java
index 80701dc5f..cb3499bbf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/feign/Client.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/feign/Client.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 package feign;
 
+import static feign.Util.ACCEPT_ENCODING;
 import static feign.Util.CONTENT_ENCODING;
 import static feign.Util.CONTENT_LENGTH;
 import static feign.Util.ENCODING_DEFLATE;
@@ -189,6 +190,11 @@ HttpURLConnection convertAndSend(Request request, Options options) throws IOExce
               contentLength = Integer.valueOf(value);
               connection.addRequestProperty(field, value);
             }
+          }
+          // Avoid add "Accept-encoding" twice or more when "compression" option is enabled
+          if (field.equals(ACCEPT_ENCODING)) {
+            connection.addRequestProperty(field, String.join(", ", request.headers().get(field)));
+            break;
           } else {
             connection.addRequestProperty(field, value);
           }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/feign/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/feign/Util.java
index bd1cb1e83..502419c6c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/feign/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/feign/Util.java
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ public class Util {
   /** The HTTP Content-Encoding header field name. */
   public static final String CONTENT_ENCODING = "Content-Encoding";
 
+  /** The HTTP Accept-Encoding header field name. */
+  public static final String ACCEPT_ENCODING = "Accept-Encoding";
+
   /** The HTTP Retry-After header field name. */
   public static final String RETRY_AFTER = "Retry-After";