diff --git a/pio-tools/gzip-firmware.py b/pio-tools/gzip-firmware.py
index c46e6f82a..38876e63e 100644
--- a/pio-tools/gzip-firmware.py
+++ b/pio-tools/gzip-firmware.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if tasmotapiolib.is_env_set(tasmotapiolib.ENABLE_ESP32_GZ, env) or env["PIOPLATF
     try:
         from zopfli.gzip import compress
     except:
-        pass
+        from gzip import compress
     def bin_gzip(source, target, env):
         # create string with location and file names based on variant
         bin_file = tasmotapiolib.get_final_bin_path(env)