diff --git a/statcvs/plugin.jelly b/statcvs/plugin.jelly
index 691a9ee9..3da2ce4b 100644
--- a/statcvs/plugin.jelly
+++ b/statcvs/plugin.jelly
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
         <ant:property name="statcvs.logfile" 
             value="${maven.build.dir}/statcvs.log"/>
 
-        <!-- FIXME : We must use, with cvs, the connection string define 
-             in project.xml -->
-        <ant:cvs command="-q log" output="${statcvs.logfile}"/>
+        <!-- FIXME : Should we use the connection string defined 
+             in project.xml? -->
+        <ant:cvs compression="true" command="-q log" 
+            output="${statcvs.logfile}"/>
 
         <property name="maven.docs.dest" 
             value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.docs.dest')}"/>