diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
index ed68464f263..3f2e4c53bcd 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ import {
   CollectorExporterNodeBase as CollectorExporterBaseMain,
   collectorTypes,
   CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase,
+  CompressionAlgorithm,
 } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-collector';
 import { ServiceClientType } from './types';
 
 type SendFn = <ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(collector: CollectorExporterNodeBase<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>,
   objects: ExportItem[],
-  compress: boolean,
+  compression: CompressionAlgorithm,
   onSuccess: () => void,
   onError: (error: collectorTypes.CollectorExporterError) => void) => void;
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterNodeBase<
         this._sendingPromises.splice(index, 1);
       };
 
-      this._send(this, objects, this.compress, _onSuccess, _onError);
+      this._send(this, objects, this.compression, _onSuccess, _onError);
     });
 
     this._sendingPromises.push(promise);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/util.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/util.ts
index 248bbba2380..73e3caf5183 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/util.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   collectorTypes,
   sendWithHttp,
   CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase,
+  CompressionAlgorithm,
 } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-collector';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export function onInit<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(
 export function send<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(
   collector: CollectorExporterNodeBase<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>,
   objects: ExportItem[],
-  compress: boolean,
+  compression: CompressionAlgorithm,
   onSuccess: () => void,
   onError: (error: collectorTypes.CollectorExporterError) => void
 ): void {
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export function send<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(
         collector,
         Buffer.from(body),
         'application/x-protobuf',
-        compress,
+        compression,
         onSuccess,
         onError
       );
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
index a8c83aac24d..44bc9d25c77 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ExportResultCode } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import {
   CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase,
   collectorTypes,
+  CompressionAlgorithm,
 } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-collector';
 import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ describe('CollectorTraceExporter - node with proto over http', () => {
         attributes: {},
         url: 'http://foo.bar.com',
         keepAlive: true,
-        compress: true,
+        compression: CompressionAlgorithm.GZIP,
         httpAgentOptions: { keepAliveMsecs: 2000 },
       };
       collectorExporter = new CollectorTraceExporter(collectorExporterConfig);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
index 3b245a3dbf1..178e82c782f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type * as http from 'http';
 import type * as https from 'https';
 
 import { CollectorExporterBase } from '../../CollectorExporterBase';
-import { CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase } from './types';
+import { CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase, CompressionAlgorithm } from './types';
 import * as collectorTypes from '../../types';
 import { parseHeaders } from '../../util';
 import { createHttpAgent, sendWithHttp } from './util';
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterNodeBase<
   DEFAULT_HEADERS: Record<string, string> = {};
   headers: Record<string, string>;
   agent: http.Agent | https.Agent | undefined;
-  compress: boolean;
+  compression: CompressionAlgorithm;
 
   constructor(config: CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase = {}) {
     super(config);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterNodeBase<
       baggageUtils.parseKeyPairsIntoRecord(getEnv().OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS)
     );
     this.agent = createHttpAgent(config);
-    this.compress = config.compress || false;
+    this.compression = config.compression || CompressionAlgorithm.NONE;
   }
 
   onInit(_config: CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase): void {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterNodeBase<
         this,
         JSON.stringify(serviceRequest),
         'application/json',
-        this.compress,
+        this.compression,
         _onSuccess,
         _onError
       );
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/types.ts
index df42ea72c5b..4ee5167e793 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/types.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ import { CollectorExporterConfigBase } from '../../types';
 export interface CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase
   extends CollectorExporterConfigBase {
   keepAlive?: boolean;
-  compress?: boolean;
+  compression?: CompressionAlgorithm;
   httpAgentOptions?: http.AgentOptions | https.AgentOptions;
 }
+
+export enum CompressionAlgorithm {
+  NONE = 'none',
+  GZIP = 'gzip'
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/util.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/util.ts
index 4070f6abd65..3318908b83a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/util.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/util.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import * as collectorTypes from '../../types';
 import { CollectorExporterNodeBase } from './CollectorExporterNodeBase';
 import { CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase } from '.';
 import { diag } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { CompressionAlgorithm } from './types';
 
 const gzip = zlib.createGzip();
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export function sendWithHttp<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(
   collector: CollectorExporterNodeBase<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>,
   data: string | Buffer,
   contentType: string,
-  compress: boolean,
+  compression: CompressionAlgorithm,
   onSuccess: () => void,
   onError: (error: collectorTypes.CollectorExporterError) => void
 ): void {
@@ -82,14 +83,20 @@ export function sendWithHttp<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(
     onError(error);
   });
 
-  if (compress) {
-    const dataStream = readableFromBuffer(data);
-    dataStream.on('error', onError)
-      .pipe(gzip).on('error', onError)
-      .pipe(req);
-  } else {
-    req.write(data);
-    req.end();
+  switch (compression) {
+    case CompressionAlgorithm.GZIP: {
+      const dataStream = readableFromBuffer(data);
+      dataStream.on('error', onError)
+        .pipe(gzip).on('error', onError)
+        .pipe(req);
+
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      req.write(data);
+      req.end();
+
+      break;
   }
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ function readableFromBuffer(buff: string | Buffer): Readable {
   const readable = new Readable();
   readable.push(buff);
   readable.push(null);
-  
+
   return readable;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/node/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/node/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
index 43b17d426d0..4b55620ec64 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/node/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/node/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import * as zlib from 'zlib';
 import {
   CollectorTraceExporter,
   CollectorExporterNodeConfigBase,
+  CompressionAlgorithm,
 } from '../../src/platform/node';
 import * as collectorTypes from '../../src/types';
 import { MockedResponse } from './nodeHelpers';
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ describe('CollectorTraceExporter - node with json over http', () => {
         attributes: {},
         url: 'http://foo.bar.com',
         keepAlive: true,
-        compress: true,
+        compression: CompressionAlgorithm.GZIP,
         httpAgentOptions: { keepAliveMsecs: 2000 },
       };
       collectorExporter = new CollectorTraceExporter(collectorExporterConfig);