diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index e54980a..a90eca7 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -143,3 +143,4 @@ v0.8.0
 * zapret-lib: tls dissector/reconstructor
 * zapret-antidpi: tls_client_hello_clone
 * zapret-antidpi: "optional" arg to blob taking functions
+* nfqws2: support gzipped lua file. auto use script.lua.gz
diff --git a/nfq2/gzip.c b/nfq2/gzip.c
index a3e4eb7..6e4805d 100644
--- a/nfq2/gzip.c
+++ b/nfq2/gzip.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define BUFMIN 128
 #define BUFCHUNK (1024*128)
 
-int z_readfile(FILE *F, char **buf, size_t *size)
+int z_readfile(FILE *F, char **buf, size_t *size, size_t extra_alloc)
 {
 	z_stream zs;
 	int r;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int z_readfile(FILE *F, char **buf, size_t *size)
 			if ((bufsize - *size) < BUFMIN)
 			{
 				bufsize += BUFCHUNK;
-				newbuf = *buf ? realloc(*buf, bufsize) : malloc(bufsize);
+				newbuf = *buf ? realloc(*buf, bufsize + extra_alloc) : malloc(bufsize + extra_alloc);
 				if (!newbuf)
 				{
 					r = Z_MEM_ERROR;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int z_readfile(FILE *F, char **buf, size_t *size)
 	if (*size < bufsize)
 	{
 		// free extra space
-		if ((newbuf = realloc(*buf, *size))) *buf = newbuf;
+		if ((newbuf = realloc(*buf, *size + extra_alloc))) *buf = newbuf;
 	}
 
 	inflateEnd(&zs);
diff --git a/nfq2/gzip.h b/nfq2/gzip.h
index 15e30d2..541ba1a 100644
--- a/nfq2/gzip.h
+++ b/nfq2/gzip.h
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 #include <zlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-int z_readfile(FILE *F,char **buf,size_t *size);
+int z_readfile(FILE *F, char **buf, size_t *size, size_t extra_alloc);
 bool is_gzip(FILE* F);
diff --git a/nfq2/hostlist.c b/nfq2/hostlist.c
index 7a72be2..e514e09 100644
--- a/nfq2/hostlist.c
+++ b/nfq2/hostlist.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bool AppendHostList(hostlist_pool **hostlist, const char *filename)
 
 	if (is_gzip(F))
 	{
-		r = z_readfile(F,&zbuf,&zsize);
+		r = z_readfile(F,&zbuf,&zsize,0);
 		fclose(F);
 		if (r==Z_OK)
 		{
diff --git a/nfq2/ipset.c b/nfq2/ipset.c
index f8fd516..679724e 100644
--- a/nfq2/ipset.c
+++ b/nfq2/ipset.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static bool AppendIpset(ipset *ips, const char *filename)
 
 	if (is_gzip(F))
 	{
-		r = z_readfile(F,&zbuf,&zsize);
+		r = z_readfile(F,&zbuf,&zsize,0);
 		fclose(F);
 		if (r==Z_OK)
 		{
diff --git a/nfq2/lua.c b/nfq2/lua.c
index bfac2ed..0e8fc6a 100644
--- a/nfq2/lua.c
+++ b/nfq2/lua.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "lua.h"
 #include "params.h"
+#include "gzip.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 #include "conntrack.h"
 #include "crypto/sha.h"
@@ -2899,17 +2900,43 @@ static bool lua_desync_functions_exist()
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool lua_file_open_test(const char *filename, bool *b_gzip, char *fname)
+{
+	FILE *F = fopen(filename,"rb");
+	if (F)
+	{
+		if (fname) snprintf(fname,PATH_MAX,"%s",filename);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		size_t l = strlen(filename);
+		char *fngz = malloc(l+4);
+		if (!fngz) return false;
+		memcpy(fngz, filename, l);
+		memcpy(fngz+l,".gz",4);
+		if (fname) snprintf(fname,PATH_MAX,"%s",fngz);
+		F = fopen(fngz,"rb");
+		free(fngz);
+	}
+	if (F)
+	{
+		if (b_gzip) *b_gzip = is_gzip(F);
+		fclose(F);
+	}
+	return !!F;
+}
+
 bool lua_test_init_script_files(void)
 {
 	struct str_list *str;
 	LIST_FOREACH(str, &params.lua_init_scripts, next)
 	{
-		if (str->str[0]=='@' && !file_open_test(str->str+1, O_RDONLY))
+		if (str->str[0]=='@' && !lua_file_open_test(str->str+1, NULL, NULL))
 		{
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
 			int e = errno;
 #endif
-			DLOG_ERR("LUA file '%s' not accessible\n", str->str+1);
+			DLOG_ERR("LUA file '%s' or '%s.gz' not accessible\n", str->str+1, str->str+1);
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
 			if (e==EACCES)
 				DLOG_ERR("I drop my privileges and do not run Lua as root\ncheck file permissions and +x rights on all directories in the path\n");
@@ -2920,6 +2947,33 @@ bool lua_test_init_script_files(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static int luaL_doZfile(lua_State *L, const char *filename)
+{
+	bool b_gzip;
+	char fname[PATH_MAX];
+	if (!lua_file_open_test(filename, &b_gzip, fname))
+		luaL_error(L, "could not open lua file '%s' or '%s.gz'", filename, filename);
+	if (b_gzip)
+	{
+		size_t size;
+		char *buf;
+		int r;
+		FILE *F = fopen(fname, "rb");
+		if (!F)
+			luaL_error(L, "could not open lua file '%s'", fname);
+		r = z_readfile(F, &buf, &size, 1);
+		fclose(F);
+		if (r != Z_OK)
+			luaL_error(L, "could not unzip lua file '%s'", fname);
+		buf[size] = 0;
+		r = luaL_dostring(L, buf);
+		free(buf);
+		return r;
+	}
+	else
+		return luaL_dofile(L, filename);
+}
+
 static bool lua_init_scripts(void)
 {
 	struct str_list *str;
@@ -2938,7 +2992,7 @@ static bool lua_init_scripts(void)
 				DLOG("LUA RUN STR: %s\n",s);
 			}
 		}
-		if ((status = str->str[0]=='@' ? luaL_dofile(params.L, str->str+1) : luaL_dostring(params.L, str->str)))
+		if ((status = str->str[0]=='@' ? luaL_doZfile(params.L, str->str+1) : luaL_dostring(params.L, str->str)))
 		{
 			lua_perror(params.L);
 			return false;