diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache
index dd1a221d766..8f0f1167151 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class ApiClient
         if ($this->config->getCurlConnectTimeout() != 0) {
             curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $this->config->getCurlConnectTimeout());
         }
-        
+
         // return the result on success, rather than just true
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ class ApiClient
             $url = ($url . '?' . http_build_query($queryParams));
         }
 
+        if ($this->config->getAllowEncoding()) {
+            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
+        }
+
         if ($method === self::$POST) {
             curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
             curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData);
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache
index 4e10f33823c..edd0f76bf55 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ class Configuration
      */
     protected $proxyPassword;
 
+    /**
+     * Allow Curl encoding header
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $allowEncoding = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      */
@@ -435,6 +442,16 @@ class Configuration
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set whether to accept encoding
+     * @param bool $allowEncoding
+     */
+    public function setAllowEncoding($allowEncoding)
+    {
+        $this->allowEncoding = $allowEncoding;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the HTTP connect timeout value
      *
@@ -445,6 +462,15 @@ class Configuration
         return $this->curlConnectTimeout;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get whether to allow encoding
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getAllowEncoding()
+    {
+        return $this->allowEncoding;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Sets the HTTP Proxy Host
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/ApiClient.php b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/ApiClient.php
index b8add9f133c..ce025591447 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/ApiClient.php
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/ApiClient.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public function callApi($resourcePath, $method, $queryParams, $postData, $header
         if ($this->config->getCurlConnectTimeout() != 0) {
             curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $this->config->getCurlConnectTimeout());
         }
-        
+
         // return the result on success, rather than just true
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ public function callApi($resourcePath, $method, $queryParams, $postData, $header
             $url = ($url . '?' . http_build_query($queryParams));
         }
 
+        if ($this->config->getAllowEncoding()) {
+            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
+        }
+
         if ($method === self::$POST) {
             curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
             curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData);
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/Configuration.php b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/Configuration.php
index 17e0a6feda3..d85d33af051 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/Configuration.php
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/lib/Configuration.php
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ class Configuration
      */
     protected $proxyPassword;
 
+    /**
+     * Allow Curl encoding header
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $allowEncoding = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      */
@@ -445,6 +452,16 @@ public function setCurlConnectTimeout($seconds)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set whether to accept encoding
+     * @param bool $allowEncoding
+     */
+    public function setAllowEncoding($allowEncoding)
+    {
+        $this->allowEncoding = $allowEncoding;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the HTTP connect timeout value
      *
@@ -455,6 +472,15 @@ public function getCurlConnectTimeout()
         return $this->curlConnectTimeout;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get whether to allow encoding
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getAllowEncoding()
+    {
+        return $this->allowEncoding;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Sets the HTTP Proxy Host