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diff --git a/platform/darwin/src/NSData+MGLAdditions.h b/platform/darwin/src/NSData+MGLAdditions.h
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index 0000000000..0c68c81f45
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+++ b/platform/darwin/src/NSData+MGLAdditions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+#import "MGLTypes.h"
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+@interface NSData (MGLAdditions)
+
+- (NSData *)mgl_compressedData;
+
+- (NSData *)mgl_decompressedData;
+
+@end
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/platform/darwin/src/NSData+MGLAdditions.mm b/platform/darwin/src/NSData+MGLAdditions.mm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef171c5e1e
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+++ b/platform/darwin/src/NSData+MGLAdditions.mm
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+#import "NSData+MGLAdditions.h"
+
+#include <mbgl/util/compression.hpp>
+
+@implementation NSData (MGLAdditions)
+
+- (NSData *)mgl_compressedData
+{
+    std::string string(static_cast<const char*>(self.bytes), self.length);
+    std::string compressed_string = mbgl::util::compress(string);
+    
+    return [NSData dataWithBytes:&compressed_string[0] length:compressed_string.length()];
+}
+
+- (NSData *)mgl_decompressedData
+{
+    std::string string(static_cast<const char*>(self.bytes), self.length);
+    std::string decompressed_string = mbgl::util::decompress(string);
+    
+    return [NSData dataWithBytes:&decompressed_string[0] length:decompressed_string.length()];
+}
+
+@end