diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/server019.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/server019.phpt
index defdac5b9bd..d36cff0887e 100644
--- a/ext/soap/tests/server019.phpt
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/server019.phpt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SOAP Server 19: compressed request (gzip)
 ?>
 --INI--
 precision=14
---POST--
+--GZIP_POST--
 <SOAP-ENV:Envelope
   SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
   xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ precision=14
     <ns1:test xmlns:ns1="http://testuri.org" />
   </SOAP-ENV:Body>
 </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
---GZIP_POST--
-1
 --FILE--
 <?php
 function test() {
diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/server020.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/server020.phpt
index 1bd58931ed5..b14978fd31f 100644
--- a/ext/soap/tests/server020.phpt
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/server020.phpt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SOAP Server 20: compressed request (deflate)
 ?>
 --INI--
 precision=14
---POST--
+--DEFLATE_POST--
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <SOAP-ENV:Envelope
   SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ precision=14
     <ns1:test xmlns:ns1="http://testuri.org" />
   </SOAP-ENV:Body>
 </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
---DEFLATE_POST--
-1
 --FILE--
 <?php
 function test() {
diff --git a/run-tests.php b/run-tests.php
index cc193e56bc0..1fe0deb6afc 100755
--- a/run-tests.php
+++ b/run-tests.php
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ TEST $file
 	$tested = trim($section_text['TEST']);
 
 	/* For GET/POST/PUT tests, check if cgi sapi is available and if it is, use it. */
-	if (!empty($section_text['GET']) || !empty($section_text['POST']) || !empty($section_text['POST_RAW']) || !empty($section_text['PUT']) || !empty($section_text['COOKIE']) || !empty($section_text['EXPECTHEADERS'])) {
+	if (!empty($section_text['GET']) || !empty($section_text['POST']) || !empty($section_text['GZIP_POST']) || !empty($section_text['DEFLATE_POST']) || !empty($section_text['POST_RAW']) || !empty($section_text['PUT']) || !empty($section_text['COOKIE']) || !empty($section_text['EXPECTHEADERS'])) {
 		if (isset($php_cgi)) {
 			$old_php = $php;
 			$php = $php_cgi . ' -C ';
@@ -1700,15 +1700,6 @@ TEST $file
 	} else if (array_key_exists('POST', $section_text) && !empty($section_text['POST'])) {
 
 		$post = trim($section_text['POST']);
-
-		if (array_key_exists('GZIP_POST', $section_text) && function_exists('gzencode')) {
-			$post = gzencode($post, 9, FORCE_GZIP);
-			$env['HTTP_CONTENT_ENCODING'] = 'gzip';
-		} else if (array_key_exists('DEFLATE_POST', $section_text) && function_exists('gzcompress')) {
-			$post = gzcompress($post, 9);
-			$env['HTTP_CONTENT_ENCODING'] = 'deflate';
-		}
-
 		save_text($tmp_post, $post);
 		$content_length = strlen($post);
 
@@ -1718,6 +1709,35 @@ TEST $file
 
 		$cmd = "$php $pass_options $ini_settings -f \"$test_file\" 2>&1 < \"$tmp_post\"";
 
+    } else if (array_key_exists('GZIP_POST', $section_text) && !empty($section_text['GZIP_POST'])) {
+
+        $post = trim($section_text['GZIP_POST']);
+        $post = gzencode($post, 9, FORCE_GZIP);
+        $env['HTTP_CONTENT_ENCODING'] = 'gzip';
+
+        save_text($tmp_post, $post);
+        $content_length = strlen($post);
+
+        $env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
+        $env['CONTENT_TYPE']   = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+        $env['CONTENT_LENGTH'] = $content_length;
+
+        $cmd = "$php $pass_options $ini_settings -f \"$test_file\" 2>&1 < \"$tmp_post\"";
+
+    } else if (array_key_exists('DEFLATE_POST', $section_text) && !empty($section_text['DEFLATE_POST'])) {
+        $post = trim($section_text['DEFLATE_POST']);
+        $post = gzcompress($post, 9);
+        $env['HTTP_CONTENT_ENCODING'] = 'deflate';
+        save_text($tmp_post, $post);
+        $content_length = strlen($post);
+
+        $env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
+        $env['CONTENT_TYPE']   = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+        $env['CONTENT_LENGTH'] = $content_length;
+
+        $cmd = "$php $pass_options $ini_settings -f \"$test_file\" 2>&1 < \"$tmp_post\"";
+
+
 	} else {
 
 		$env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';