diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 655e30ca..d12b0ce8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ overzoom-test: tippecanoe-overzoom
 	./tippecanoe-decode tests/pbf/13-1310-3166.pbf 13 1310 3166 > tests/pbf/13-1310-3166.pbf.json.check
 	cmp tests/pbf/13-1310-3166.pbf.json.check tests/pbf/13-1310-3166.pbf.json
 	rm tests/pbf/13-1310-3166.pbf tests/pbf/13-1310-3166.pbf.json.check
-	# Multiple inputs
-	./tippecanoe-overzoom -o tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf -t 13/1310/3166 tests/pbf/11-327-791.pbf 11/327/791 tests/pbf/0-0-0.pbf 0/0/0
+	# Multiple inputs, no compression
+	./tippecanoe-overzoom --no-tile-compression -o tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf -t 13/1310/3166 tests/pbf/11-327-791.pbf 11/327/791 tests/pbf/0-0-0.pbf 0/0/0
 	./tippecanoe-decode tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf 13 1310 3166 > tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json.check
 	cmp tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json.check tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json
 	rm tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json.check
diff --git a/overzoom.cpp b/overzoom.cpp
index 3bc284bb..37fdbaeb 100644
--- a/overzoom.cpp
+++ b/overzoom.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ extern int optind;
 int detail = 12;  // tippecanoe-style: mvt extent == 1 << detail
 int buffer = 5;	  // tippecanoe-style: mvt buffer == extent * buffer / 256;
 bool demultiply = false;
+bool do_compress = true;
+
 std::string filter;
 bool preserve_input_order = false;
 std::unordered_map<std::string, attribute_op> attribute_accum;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		{"assign-to-bins", required_argument, 0, 'b' & 0x1F},
 		{"bin-by-id-list", required_argument, 0, 'c' & 0x1F},
 		{"accumulate-numeric-attributes", required_argument, 0, 'a' & 0x1F},
+		{"no-tile-compression", no_argument, 0, 'd' & 0x1F},
 
 		{0, 0, 0, 0},
 	};
@@ -151,6 +154,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			accumulate_numeric = optarg;
 			break;
 
+		case 'd' & 0x1F:
+			do_compress = false;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognized flag -%c\n", i);
 			usage(argv);
@@ -255,7 +262,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		its.push_back(std::move(t));
 	}
 
-	std::string out = overzoom(its, nz, nx, ny, detail, buffer, keep, exclude, exclude_prefix, true, NULL, demultiply, json_filter, preserve_input_order, attribute_accum, unidecode_data, simplification, tiny_polygon_size, bins, bin_by_id_list, accumulate_numeric, SIZE_MAX);
+	std::string out = overzoom(its, nz, nx, ny, detail, buffer, keep, exclude, exclude_prefix, do_compress, NULL, demultiply, json_filter, preserve_input_order, attribute_accum, unidecode_data, simplification, tiny_polygon_size, bins, bin_by_id_list, accumulate_numeric, SIZE_MAX);
 
 	FILE *f = fopen(outfile, "wb");
 	if (f == NULL) {
diff --git a/tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json b/tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json
index 852b0102..943b310d 100644
--- a/tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json
+++ b/tests/pbf/13-1310-3166-ne.pbf.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ "type": "FeatureCollection", "properties": { "zoom": 13, "x": 1310, "y": 3166 }, "features": [
+{ "type": "FeatureCollection", "properties": { "zoom": 13, "x": 1310, "y": 3166, "compressed": false }, "features": [
 { "type": "FeatureCollection", "properties": { "layer": "ne_10m_land", "version": 2, "extent": 4096 }, "features": [
 { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "featurecla": "Land", "scalerank": 0, "min_zoom": 0 }, "geometry": { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ -122.387760, 37.788760 ], [ -122.387094, 37.778754 ], [ -122.386837, 37.778517 ], [ -122.386837, 37.752665 ], [ -122.432499, 37.752665 ], [ -122.432499, 37.788760 ], [ -122.387760, 37.788760 ] ] ] } }
 ] }