diff --git a/res/gz-worker.js b/res/gz-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07c891e660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/gz-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+async function readableStreamToBuffer(stream) {
+  const reader = stream.getReader();
+  const chunks = [];
+
+  try {
+    while (true) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+      if (done) break;
+      if (value) {
+        chunks.push(value);
+      }
+    }
+  } finally {
+    reader.releaseLock();
+  }
+
+  // Calculate total length and combine chunks
+  const totalLength = chunks.reduce((sum, chunk) => sum + chunk.length, 0);
+  const result = new Uint8Array(totalLength);
+  let offset = 0;
+  for (const chunk of chunks) {
+    result.set(chunk, offset);
+    offset += chunk.length;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+onmessage = async (e) => {
+  let data = e.data;
+  if (data.kind === 'compress') {
+    // Create a gzip compression stream
+    const compressionStream = new CompressionStream('gzip');
+
+    // Write the data to the compression stream
+    const writer = compressionStream.writable.getWriter();
+    writer.write(data.arrayData);
+    writer.close();
+
+    // Read the compressed data back into a buffer
+    let result = await readableStreamToBuffer(compressionStream.readable);
+    postMessage(result, [result.buffer]);
+  } else if (data.kind === 'decompress') {
+    // Create a gzip compression stream
+    const decompressionStream = new DecompressionStream('gzip');
+
+    // Write the data to the compression stream
+    const writer = decompressionStream.writable.getWriter();
+    writer.write(data.arrayData);
+    writer.close();
+
+    // Read the compressed data back into a buffer
+    let result = await readableStreamToBuffer(decompressionStream.readable);
+    postMessage(result, [result.buffer]);
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('unknown message');
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/test/fixtures/node-worker.ts b/src/test/fixtures/node-worker.ts
index f54a5e956c..a4cd6aabdc 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures/node-worker.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures/node-worker.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ function getWorkerScript(file: string): string {
       },
       postMessage: parentPort.postMessage.bind(parentPort),
       onmessage: function () {},
+      DecompressionStream,
+      CompressionStream,
     };
 
     vm.runInNewContext(scriptContent, sandbox, { filename: "${file}" });
diff --git a/src/test/setup.ts b/src/test/setup.ts
index 4e4120e9d6..cccc5d2f36 100644
--- a/src/test/setup.ts
+++ b/src/test/setup.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ if (process.env.TZ !== 'UTC') {
 fetchMock.mockGlobal();
 (global as any).fetchMock = fetchMock;
 
+// Mock the effects of the file-loader which our Webpack config defines
+// for JS files under res: The "default export" is the path to the file.
+jest.mock('firefox-profiler-res/gz-worker.js', () => './res/gz-worker.js');
+
 // Install a Worker class which is similar to the DOM Worker class.
 (global as any).Worker = NodeWorker;
 
diff --git a/src/utils/gz.ts b/src/utils/gz.ts
index ca24a04625..3f5bedd5f4 100644
--- a/src/utils/gz.ts
+++ b/src/utils/gz.ts
@@ -2,68 +2,45 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
-async function readableStreamToBuffer(
-  stream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>>
-): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>> {
-  const reader = stream.getReader();
-  const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
-
-  try {
-    while (true) {
-      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
-      if (done) break;
-      if (value) {
-        chunks.push(value);
-      }
-    }
-  } finally {
-    reader.releaseLock();
-  }
-
-  // Calculate total length and combine chunks
-  const totalLength = chunks.reduce((sum, chunk) => sum + chunk.length, 0);
-  const result = new Uint8Array(totalLength);
-  let offset = 0;
-  for (const chunk of chunks) {
-    result.set(chunk, offset);
-    offset += chunk.length;
-  }
+import gzWorkerPath from 'firefox-profiler-res/gz-worker.js';
 
-  return result;
+function runGzWorker(
+  kind: 'compress' | 'decompress',
+  arrayData: Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>
+): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    // On-demand spawn the worker. If this is too slow we can look into keeping
+    // a pool of workers around.
+    const worker = new Worker(gzWorkerPath);
+
+    worker.onmessage = (e) => {
+      resolve(e.data as Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>);
+      worker.terminate();
+    };
+
+    worker.onerror = (e) => {
+      reject(e.error);
+      worker.terminate();
+    };
+
+    worker.postMessage({ kind, arrayData }, [arrayData.buffer]);
+  });
 }
 
+// This will transfer `data` if it is an array buffer.
 export async function compress(
   data: string | Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>
 ): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>> {
   // Encode the data if it's a string
   const arrayData =
     typeof data === 'string' ? new TextEncoder().encode(data) : data;
-
-  // Create a gzip compression stream
-  const compressionStream = new CompressionStream('gzip');
-
-  // Write the data to the compression stream
-  const writer = compressionStream.writable.getWriter();
-  writer.write(arrayData);
-  writer.close();
-
-  // Read the compressed data back into a buffer
-  return readableStreamToBuffer(compressionStream.readable);
+  return runGzWorker('compress', arrayData);
 }
 
 export async function decompress(
   data: Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>
 ): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>> {
-  // Create a gzip compression stream
-  const decompressionStream = new DecompressionStream('gzip');
-
-  // Write the data to the compression stream
-  const writer = decompressionStream.writable.getWriter();
-  writer.write(data);
-  writer.close();
-
-  // Read the compressed data back into a buffer
-  return readableStreamToBuffer(decompressionStream.readable);
+  return runGzWorker('decompress', data);
 }
 
 export function isGzip(data: Uint8Array): boolean {
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 70757ec8aa..cb7c15bdc4 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ const config = {
       patterns: [
         'res/_headers',
         'res/_redirects',
+        'res/gz-worker.js',
         'res/contribute.json',
         'res/robots.txt',
         'res/service-worker-compat.js',