diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 85192a43..b6c71913 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ install:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
       ./scripts/build/linux.sh install x64;
     fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
+      brew install afsctool;
+    fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
       ./scripts/build/darwin.sh install;
     fi
diff --git a/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md b/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md
index 4ecaf0f7..f330f1ca 100644
--- a/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md
+++ b/docs/RUNNING-LOCALLY.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Prerequisites
 ### OS X
 
 - [XCode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/)
+- [afsctool](https://brkirch.wordpress.com/afsctool/)
 
 Cloning the project
 -------------------
diff --git a/scripts/build/darwin.sh b/scripts/build/darwin.sh
index a07a3767..4a9746a3 100755
--- a/scripts/build/darwin.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/darwin.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ if ! command -v python 2>/dev/null; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if ! command -v afsctool 2>/dev/null; then
+  echo "Dependency missing: afsctool" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
   echo "Usage: $0 <command>" 1>&2
   exit 1
@@ -194,6 +199,9 @@ function installer_dmg {
   ' | osascript
   sync
 
+  # Apply HFS+ compression
+  afsctool -ci -9 $volume_app
+
   sign $volume_app
 
   # Unmount temporal DMG image.