diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f4a85d..0ed5424 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ find_package(Qt5Concurrent REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5LinguistTools REQUIRED)
 set(QWT_NAMES qwt-qt5 qwt) # find versions for Qt5 only
 find_package(Qwt)
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 if(QWT_FOUND)
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ set(FILEFORMATS_SOURCES
   "src/FileFormats/ym2612_to_wopi.cpp"
   "src/FileFormats/ym2151_to_wopi.cpp")
 add_library(FileFormats STATIC ${FILEFORMATS_SOURCES})
-target_include_directories(FileFormats PUBLIC "src")
-target_link_libraries(FileFormats PUBLIC Common)
+target_include_directories(FileFormats PUBLIC "src" PRIVATE ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(FileFormats PUBLIC Common PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
 include(src/opl/chips/chipset.cmake)
 add_library(Chips STATIC ${CHIPS_SOURCES})
diff --git a/FMBankEdit.pro b/FMBankEdit.pro
index 18e35a9..62e6ae7 100644
--- a/FMBankEdit.pro
+++ b/FMBankEdit.pro
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ win32 {
 CONFIG += rtmidi
 CONFIG += rtaudio
 #CONFIG += plots
+LIBS += -lz
 
 !macx:{
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -fopenmp
diff --git a/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.cpp b/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.cpp
index 22506b0..bfb6beb 100644
--- a/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.cpp
+++ b/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.cpp
@@ -23,19 +23,83 @@
 
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QByteArray>
+#include <QBuffer>
+#include <zlib.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstring>
 
 static void make_size_table(uint8_t *table, unsigned version);
+static gzFile gzopen_q(const QString &path, const char *mode);
 
 const char magic_vgm[4] = {0x56, 0x67, 0x6D, 0x20};
+const unsigned char magic_gzip[2] = {0x1F, 0x8B};
 
-bool VGM_Importer::detect(const QString &, char *magic)
+bool VGM_Importer::detect(const QString &filePath, char *magic)
 {
-    return (memcmp(magic_vgm, magic, 4) == 0);
+    if(memcmp(magic_vgm, magic, 4) == 0)
+        return true;
+
+    //Try as compressed VGM file
+    if(memcmp(magic_gzip, magic, 2) == 0)
+    {
+        gzFile vgz = gzopen_q(filePath, "rb");
+        if(!vgz)
+            return false;
+
+        char compMagic[4];
+        int count = gzread(vgz, compMagic, 4);
+        gzclose(vgz);
+        if(count == 4 && memcmp(compMagic, magic_vgm, 4) == 0)
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 FfmtErrCode VGM_Importer::loadFile(QString filePath, FmBank &bank)
+{
+    QFile file(filePath);
+    if(!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+        return FfmtErrCode::ERR_NOFILE;
+
+    char magic[4];
+    if(file.read(magic, 4) != 4)
+        return FfmtErrCode::ERR_BADFORMAT;
+
+    if(memcmp(magic_vgm, magic, 4) == 0)
+    {
+        file.seek(0);
+        return load(file, bank);
+    }
+
+    file.close();
+
+    //Try as compressed VGM file
+    if(memcmp(magic_gzip, magic, 2) == 0)
+    {
+        gzFile vgz = gzopen_q(filePath, "rb");
+        if(!vgz)
+            return FfmtErrCode::ERR_NOFILE;
+
+        QBuffer buffer;
+        buffer.open(QBuffer::ReadWrite);
+
+        z_size_t n;
+        char buf[1024];
+        while((n = gzread(vgz, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0)
+            buffer.write(buf, n);
+        if(n == (z_size_t)-1)
+            return FfmtErrCode::ERR_BADFORMAT;
+        gzclose(vgz);
+
+        buffer.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+        return load(buffer, bank);
+    }
+
+    return FfmtErrCode::ERR_BADFORMAT;
+}
+
+FfmtErrCode VGM_Importer::load(QIODevice &file, FmBank &bank)
 {
     RawYm2612ToWopi pseudoChip;
     RawYm2612ToWopi pseudoChip2608;
@@ -46,10 +110,6 @@ FfmtErrCode VGM_Importer::loadFile(QString filePath, FmBank &bank)
     char    magic[4];
     uint8_t numb[4];
 
-    QFile file(filePath);
-    if(!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
-        return FfmtErrCode::ERR_NOFILE;
-
     bank.reset();
     if(file.read(magic, 4) != 4)
         return FfmtErrCode::ERR_BADFORMAT;
@@ -212,7 +272,7 @@ QString VGM_Importer::formatModuleName() const
 
 QString VGM_Importer::formatExtensionMask() const
 {
-    return "*.vgm";
+    return "*.vgm *.vgz";
 }
 
 BankFormats VGM_Importer::formatId() const
@@ -309,3 +369,12 @@ static void make_size_table(uint8_t *table, unsigned version)
     for(unsigned a = 0xE2; a <= 0xFF; ++a)
         table[a] = 4;  // three operands, reserved for future use
 }
+
+static gzFile gzopen_q(const QString &path, const char *mode)
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    return gzopen(path.toStdString().c_str(), "rb");
+#else
+    return gzopen_w(path.toStdWString().c_str(), "rb");
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.h b/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.h
index b07adf6..2cbe4c4 100644
--- a/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.h
+++ b/src/FileFormats/format_vgm_import.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include "ffmt_base.h"
 
+class QIODevice;
+
 /**
  * @brief Import from VGM files
  */
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ class VGM_Importer final : public FmBankFormatBase
     QString     formatModuleName() const override;
     QString     formatExtensionMask() const override;
     BankFormats formatId() const override;
+
+private:
+    FfmtErrCode load(QIODevice &file, FmBank &bank);
 };
 
 #endif // VGM_IMPORT_H