diff --git a/tools/aapt/Android.mk b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
index f10ff9f..8a8d8c9 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 aaptCFlags += -Wall -Werror
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_WANTS_AAPT_COMPRESS),true)
-aaptCFlags += -DAAPT_COMPRESS=1
+aaptCFlags += -DAAPT_COMPRESS
 endif
 
 aaptHostLdLibs_linux := -lrt -ldl -lpthread
diff --git a/tools/aapt/Main.cpp b/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
index c54081a..ef63c02 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
     int tolerance = 0;
 
     /* default to 0 compression, unless the target opted out*/
-#if AAPT_COMPRESS
+#ifdef AAPT_COMPRESS
     bundle.setCompressionMethod(ZipEntry::kCompressDeflated);
 #else
     bundle.setCompressionMethod(ZipEntry::kCompressStored);
diff --git a/tools/aapt/Package.cpp b/tools/aapt/Package.cpp
index d631f35..a67fbba 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Package.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/Package.cpp
@@ -323,11 +323,16 @@
     if (fromGzip) {
         result = zip->addGzip(file->getSourceFile().string(), storageName.string(), &entry);
     } else if (!hasData) {
+        int compressionMethod;
+#ifdef AAPT_COMPRESS
         /* don't compress certain files, e.g. PNGs */
-        int compressionMethod = bundle->getCompressionMethod();
+        compressionMethod = bundle->getCompressionMethod();
         if (!okayToCompress(bundle, storageName)) {
             compressionMethod = ZipEntry::kCompressStored;
         }
+#else
+        compressionMethod = ZipEntry::kCompressStored;
+#endif
         result = zip->add(file->getSourceFile().string(), storageName.string(), compressionMethod,
                             &entry);
     } else {
diff --git a/tools/aapt/Resource.cpp b/tools/aapt/Resource.cpp
index fc38f82..6572fe7 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Resource.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/Resource.cpp
@@ -1149,7 +1149,11 @@
     if (err < NO_ERROR) {
         return err;
     }
+#ifdef AAPT_COMPRESS
     outFile->setCompressionMethod(ZipEntry::kCompressDeflated);
+#else
+    outFile->setCompressionMethod(ZipEntry::kCompressStored);
+#endif
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp b/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp
index b9ec575..6efae6f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp
@@ -133,8 +133,12 @@
         printXMLBlock(&tree);
     }
 
+#ifdef AAPT_COMPRESS
     target->setCompressionMethod(ZipEntry::kCompressDeflated);
-    
+#else
+    target->setCompressionMethod(ZipEntry::kCompressStored);
+#endif
+
     return err;
 }