diff --git a/bin/misc-functions.sh b/bin/misc-functions.sh
index 771bd0a..bd99def 100755
--- a/bin/misc-functions.sh
+++ b/bin/misc-functions.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
 	# Queue up for compression.
 	# ecompress{,dir} doesn't like to be called with empty argument lists.
-	[[ ${#incl_d[@]} -gt 0 ]] && ecompressdir --queue "${incl_d[@]}"
+	[[ ${#incl_d[@]} -gt 0 ]] && ecompressdir --limit ${PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS_SIZE_LIMIT:-0} --queue "${incl_d[@]}"
 	[[ ${#incl_f[@]} -gt 0 ]] && ecompress --queue "${incl_f[@]/#/${ED}}"
 	[[ ${#exclude[@]} -gt 0 ]] && ecompressdir --ignore "${exclude[@]}"
 	return 0
diff --git a/bin/phase-helpers.sh b/bin/phase-helpers.sh
index d03a4d7..ec48c94 100644
--- a/bin/phase-helpers.sh
+++ b/bin/phase-helpers.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 export LIBOPTIONS="-m0644"
 export DIROPTIONS="-m0755"
 export MOPREFIX=${PN}
+# Do not compress files which are smaller than this (in bytes). #169260
+export PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS_SIZE_LIMIT="128"
 declare -a PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS=( /usr/share/{doc,info,man} )
 declare -a PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS_SKIP=( /usr/share/doc/${PF}/html )
 
diff --git a/bin/save-ebuild-env.sh b/bin/save-ebuild-env.sh
index 2a3d5ea..7a31b89 100644
--- a/bin/save-ebuild-env.sh
+++ b/bin/save-ebuild-env.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 	(
 	if has --exclude-init-phases $* ; then
 		unset S _E_DOCDESTTREE_ _E_EXEDESTTREE_ \
-			PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS_SKIP
+			PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS_SIZE_LIMIT PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS \
+			PORTAGE_DOCOMPRESS_SKIP
 		if [[ -n $PYTHONPATH &&
 			${PYTHONPATH%%:*} -ef $PORTAGE_PYM_PATH ]] ; then
 			if [[ $PYTHONPATH == *:* ]] ; then