diff --git a/libs/filaflat/src/BlobDictionary.h b/libs/filaflat/src/BlobDictionary.h
index c71935e290..4d2de3353b 100644
--- a/libs/filaflat/src/BlobDictionary.h
+++ b/libs/filaflat/src/BlobDictionary.h
@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ public:
     BlobDictionary() = default;
     ~BlobDictionary() = default;
 
+    using Blob = std::vector<uint8_t>;
+
     inline void addBlob(const char* blob, size_t len) noexcept {
-        mBlobs.push_back({ blob, len });
+        mBlobs.emplace_back(Blob(blob, blob + len));
+    }
+
+    inline void addBlob(Blob&& blob) noexcept {
+        mBlobs.emplace_back(blob);
     }
 
     inline bool isEmpty() const noexcept {
@@ -42,8 +48,8 @@ public:
     }
 
     inline const char* getBlob(size_t index, size_t* size) const noexcept {
-        *size = mBlobs[index].size;
-        return mBlobs[index].data;
+        *size = mBlobs[index].size();
+        return (const char*) mBlobs[index].data();
     }
 
     inline const char* getString(size_t index) const noexcept {
@@ -53,10 +59,6 @@ public:
 
 
 private:
-    struct Blob {
-        const char* data;
-        size_t size;
-    };
     std::vector<Blob> mBlobs;
 };
 
diff --git a/libs/filaflat/src/SpirvDictionaryReader.cpp b/libs/filaflat/src/SpirvDictionaryReader.cpp
index ace9144e01..97b2bd5bc5 100644
--- a/libs/filaflat/src/SpirvDictionaryReader.cpp
+++ b/libs/filaflat/src/SpirvDictionaryReader.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 #include "SpirvDictionaryReader.h"
 
+#if defined (FILAMENT_DRIVER_SUPPORTS_VULKAN)
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <smolv.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <assert.h>
 
 namespace filaflat {
@@ -26,8 +31,8 @@ bool SpirvDictionaryReader::unflatten(Unflattener& f, BlobDictionary& dictionary
         return false;
     }
 
-    // TODO: support compression
-    assert(compressionScheme == 0);
+    // For now, 1 is the only acceptable compression scheme.
+    assert(compressionScheme == 1);
 
     uint32_t numBlobs;
     if (!f.read(&numBlobs)) {
@@ -36,12 +41,28 @@ bool SpirvDictionaryReader::unflatten(Unflattener& f, BlobDictionary& dictionary
 
     dictionary.reserve(numBlobs);
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < numBlobs; i++) {
-        const char* blob;
-        size_t size;
-        if (!f.read(&blob, &size)) {
+        const char* compressed;
+        size_t compressedSize;
+        if (!f.read(&compressed, &compressedSize)) {
             return false;
         }
-        dictionary.addBlob(blob, size);
+
+#if defined (FILAMENT_DRIVER_SUPPORTS_VULKAN)
+        size_t spirvSize = smolv::GetDecodedBufferSize(compressed, compressedSize);
+        if (spirvSize == 0) {
+            utils::slog.e << "Error with SPIRV decompression" << utils::io::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+        BlobDictionary::Blob spirv(spirvSize);
+        if (!smolv::Decode(compressed, compressedSize, spirv.data(), spirvSize)) {
+            utils::slog.e << "Error with SPIRV decompression" << utils::io::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+        dictionary.addBlob(std::move(spirv));
+#else
+        return false;
+#endif
+
     }
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/libs/filamat/src/eiff/DictionarySpirvChunk.cpp b/libs/filamat/src/eiff/DictionarySpirvChunk.cpp
index 9b4b1e45d0..587a7a8914 100644
--- a/libs/filamat/src/eiff/DictionarySpirvChunk.cpp
+++ b/libs/filamat/src/eiff/DictionarySpirvChunk.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "DictionarySpirvChunk.h"
 
+#include <smolv.h>
+
 namespace filamat {
 
 DictionarySpirvChunk::DictionarySpirvChunk(BlobDictionary& dictionary) :
@@ -23,12 +25,21 @@ DictionarySpirvChunk::DictionarySpirvChunk(BlobDictionary& dictionary) :
 }
 
 void DictionarySpirvChunk::flatten(Flattener& f) {
-    // TODO: for now the compression option is always 0, fix this.
-    f.writeUint32(0);
+
+    // For now, 1 is the only acceptable compression scheme.
+    f.writeUint32(1);
+
     f.writeUint32(mDictionary.getBlobCount());
     for (size_t i = 0 ; i < mDictionary.getBlobCount() ; i++) {
-        const std::string& blob = mDictionary.getBlob(i);
-        f.writeBlob(blob.data(), blob.size());
+        const std::string& spirv = mDictionary.getBlob(i);
+
+        smolv::ByteArray compressed;
+        const uint32_t flags = smolv::kEncodeFlagStripDebugInfo;
+        if (!smolv::Encode(spirv.data(), spirv.size(), compressed, flags)) {
+            utils::slog.e << "Error with SPIRV compression" << utils::io::endl;
+        }
+
+        f.writeBlob((const char*) compressed.data(), compressed.size());
     }
 }