diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
index 8be464eb13..3b6a227802 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "Program/GLSLCommon.h"
 #include "Utilities/date_time.h"
 #include "Utilities/StrUtil.h"
+#include "Crypto/unzip.h"
 
 #include "util/serialization.hpp"
 #include "util/asm.hpp"
@@ -3588,14 +3589,23 @@ namespace rsx
 		{
 			capture_current_frame = false;
 
-			const std::string file_path = fs::get_config_dir() + "captures/" + Emu.GetTitleID() + "_" + date_time::current_time_narrow() + "_capture.rrc";
+			std::string file_path = fs::get_config_dir() + "captures/" + Emu.GetTitleID() + "_" + date_time::current_time_narrow() + "_capture.rrc";
 
-			// todo: may want to compress this data?
 			utils::serial save_manager;
 			save_manager.reserve(0x800'0000); // 128MB
 
 			save_manager(frame_capture);
 
+			if (std::vector<u8> zipped = zip(save_manager.data); !zipped.empty())
+			{
+				file_path += ".gz";
+				save_manager.data = std::move(zipped);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				rsx_log.error("Failed to compress capture");
+			}
+
 			fs::pending_file temp(file_path);
 
 			if (temp.file && (temp.file.write(save_manager.data), temp.commit(false)))
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 760e9d7ccb..7ff37d1920 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "Utilities/StrUtil.h"
 
 #include "../Crypto/unself.h"
+#include "../Crypto/unzip.h"
 #include "util/logs.hpp"
 #include "util/serialization.hpp"
 #include "savestate_utils.hpp"
@@ -717,6 +718,16 @@ bool Emulator::BootRsxCapture(const std::string& path)
 	load.m_file_handler = make_uncompressed_serialization_file_handler(std::move(in_file));
 	load.set_reading_state();
 
+	if (fmt::to_lower(path).ends_with(".gz"))
+	{
+		load.data = unzip(load.data);
+		if (load.data.empty())
+		{
+			sys_log.error("Failed to unzip rsx capture file!");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	load(*frame);
 	in_file.close();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
index 46ec02a37d..ccfec22609 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ void main_window::BootRsxCapture(std::string path)
 			is_stopped = true;
 		}
 
-		const QString file_path = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Select RSX Capture"), qstr(fs::get_config_dir() + "captures/"), tr("RRC files (*.rrc *.RRC);;All files (*.*)"));
+		const QString file_path = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Select RSX Capture"), qstr(fs::get_config_dir() + "captures/"), tr("RRC files (*.rrc *.RRC *.rrc.gz *.RRC.GZ);;All files (*.*)"));
 
 		if (file_path.isEmpty())
 		{
@@ -3553,7 +3553,7 @@ main_window::drop_type main_window::IsValidFile(const QMimeData& md, QStringList
 		}
 		else if (m_drop_file_url_list.size() == 1)
 		{
-			if (suffix_lo == "rrc")
+			if (suffix_lo == "rrc" || path.toLower().endsWith(".rrc.gz"))
 			{
 				type = drop_type::drop_rrc;
 			}