diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
index 56a0104a6f336..bd4597850e18e 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
@@ -2587,6 +2587,11 @@ public final class Settings {
         public static final String GTALK_SSL_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_MS =
                 "gtalk_ssl_handshake_timeout_ms";
 
+        /**
+         * Compress the gtalk stream.
+         */
+        public static final String GTALK_COMPRESS = "gtalk_compress";
+
         /**
          * Enable use of ssl session caching.
          * 'db' - save each session in a (per process) database