diff --git a/_examples/compression/main_test.go b/_examples/compression/main_test.go
index e63f0134..62cbb459 100644
--- a/_examples/compression/main_test.go
+++ b/_examples/compression/main_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12"
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12/context"
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12/httptest"
 )
@@ -15,7 +16,49 @@ func TestCompression(t *testing.T) {
 	e := httptest.New(t, app)
 
 	var expectedReply = payload{Username: "Makis"}
-	body := e.GET("/").WithHeader(context.AcceptEncodingHeaderKey, context.GZIP).Expect().
+	testBody(t, e.GET("/"), expectedReply)
+}
+
+func TestCompressionAfterRecorder(t *testing.T) {
+	var expectedReply = payload{Username: "Makis"}
+
+	app := iris.New()
+	app.Use(func(ctx iris.Context) {
+		ctx.Record()
+		ctx.Next()
+	})
+	app.Use(iris.Compression)
+
+	app.Get("/", func(ctx iris.Context) {
+		ctx.JSON(expectedReply)
+	})
+
+	e := httptest.New(t, app)
+	testBody(t, e.GET("/"), expectedReply)
+}
+
+func TestCompressionBeforeRecorder(t *testing.T) {
+	var expectedReply = payload{Username: "Makis"}
+
+	app := iris.New()
+	app.Use(iris.Compression)
+	app.Use(func(ctx iris.Context) {
+		ctx.Record()
+		ctx.Next()
+	})
+
+	app.Get("/", func(ctx iris.Context) {
+		ctx.JSON(expectedReply)
+	})
+
+	e := httptest.New(t, app)
+	testBody(t, e.GET("/"), expectedReply)
+}
+
+func testBody(t *testing.T, req *httptest.Request, expectedReply interface{}) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	body := req.WithHeader(context.AcceptEncodingHeaderKey, context.GZIP).Expect().
 		Status(httptest.StatusOK).
 		ContentEncoding(context.GZIP).
 		ContentType(context.ContentJSONHeaderValue).Body().Raw()
diff --git a/context/compress.go b/context/compress.go
index 41f91b6f..d719116f 100644
--- a/context/compress.go
+++ b/context/compress.go
@@ -243,12 +243,24 @@ func releaseCompressResponseWriter(w *CompressResponseWriter) {
 func (w *CompressResponseWriter) FlushResponse() {
 	w.FlushHeaders()
 
+	/* this should NEVER happen, see `context.CompressWriter` method.
+	if rec, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(*ResponseRecorder); ok {
+		// Usecase: record, then compression.
+		w.CompressWriter.Close() // flushes and closes.
+		rec.FlushResponse()
+		return
+	}
+	*/
+
 	// write the status, after header set and before any flushed content sent.
 	w.ResponseWriter.FlushResponse()
 
 	w.CompressWriter.Close() // flushes and closes.
 }
 
+// FlushHeaders deletes the encoding headers if
+// the compressed writer was disabled otherwise
+// removes the content-length so next callers can re-calculate the correct length.
 func (w *CompressResponseWriter) FlushHeaders() {
 	if w.Disabled {
 		w.Header().Del(VaryHeaderKey)
@@ -294,3 +306,18 @@ func (w *CompressResponseWriter) Flush() {
 
 	w.ResponseWriter.Flush()
 }
+
+// WriteTo writes the "p" to "dest" Writer using the compression that this compress writer was made of.
+func (w *CompressResponseWriter) WriteTo(dest io.Writer, p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if w.Disabled {
+		return dest.Write(p)
+	}
+
+	cw, err := NewCompressWriter(dest, w.Encoding, w.Level)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	n, err := cw.Write(p)
+	cw.Close()
+	return n, err
+}
diff --git a/context/context.go b/context/context.go
index e48ce4a2..f80a0b5f 100644
--- a/context/context.go
+++ b/context/context.go
@@ -2297,22 +2297,42 @@ func (ctx *Context) ClientSupportsEncoding(encodings ...string) bool {
 // Sometimes, using additional compression doesn't reduce payload size and
 // can even make the payload longer.
 func (ctx *Context) CompressWriter(enable bool) error {
-	cw, ok := ctx.writer.(*CompressResponseWriter)
-	if enable {
-		if ok {
-			// already a compress writer.
+	switch w := ctx.writer.(type) {
+	case *CompressResponseWriter:
+		if enable {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		w, err := AcquireCompressResponseWriter(ctx.writer, ctx.request, -1)
+		w.Disabled = true
+	case *ResponseRecorder:
+		if enable {
+			// Keep the Recorder as ctx.writer.
+			// Wrap the existing net/http response writer
+			// with the compressed writer and
+			// replace the recorder's response writer
+			// reference with that compressed one.
+			// Fixes an issue when Record is called before CompressWriter.
+			cw, err := AcquireCompressResponseWriter(w.ResponseWriter, ctx.request, -1)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			w.ResponseWriter = cw
+		} else {
+			cw, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(*CompressResponseWriter)
+			if ok {
+				cw.Disabled = true
+			}
+		}
+	default:
+		if !enable {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		cw, err := AcquireCompressResponseWriter(w, ctx.request, -1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		ctx.writer = w
-	} else {
-		if ok {
-			cw.Disabled = true
-		}
+		ctx.writer = cw
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -4341,7 +4361,7 @@ func (ctx *Context) BeginTransaction(pipe func(t *Transaction)) {
 		}
 
 		// write the temp contents to the original writer
-		t.Context().ResponseWriter().WriteTo(ctx.writer)
+		t.Context().ResponseWriter().CopyTo(ctx.writer)
 		// give back to the transaction the original writer (SetBeforeFlush works this way and only this way)
 		// this is tricky but nessecery if we want ctx.FireStatusCode to work inside transactions
 		t.Context().ResetResponseWriter(ctx.writer)
diff --git a/context/response_recorder.go b/context/response_recorder.go
index 42831a18..9da74609 100644
--- a/context/response_recorder.go
+++ b/context/response_recorder.go
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ func (w *ResponseRecorder) Clone() ResponseWriter {
 	return wc
 }
 
-// WriteTo writes a response writer (temp: status code, headers and body) to another response writer
-func (w *ResponseRecorder) WriteTo(res ResponseWriter) {
+// CopyTo writes a response writer (temp: status code, headers and body) to another response writer
+func (w *ResponseRecorder) CopyTo(res ResponseWriter) {
 	if to, ok := res.(*ResponseRecorder); ok {
 
 		// set the status code, to is first ( probably an error? (context.StatusCodeNotSuccessful, defaults to >=400).
diff --git a/context/response_writer.go b/context/response_writer.go
index 4caa9b94..e52f4e13 100644
--- a/context/response_writer.go
+++ b/context/response_writer.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package context
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ type ResponseWriter interface {
 	// it copies the header, status code, headers and the beforeFlush finally  returns a new ResponseRecorder.
 	Clone() ResponseWriter
 
-	// WiteTo writes a response writer (temp: status code, headers and body) to another response writer
-	WriteTo(ResponseWriter)
+	// CopyTo writes a response writer (temp: status code, headers and body) to another response writer
+	CopyTo(ResponseWriter)
 
 	// Flusher indicates if `Flush` is supported by the client.
 	//
@@ -112,6 +113,16 @@ type ResponseWriterReseter interface {
 	Reset() bool
 }
 
+// ResponseWriterWriteTo can be implemented
+// by response writers that needs a special
+// encoding before writing to their buffers.
+// E.g. a custom recorder that wraps a custom compressed one.
+//
+// Not used by the framework itself.
+type ResponseWriterWriteTo interface {
+	WriteTo(dest io.Writer, p []byte)
+}
+
 //  +------------------------------------------------------------+
 //  | Response Writer Implementation                             |
 //  +------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -300,8 +311,8 @@ func (w *responseWriter) Clone() ResponseWriter {
 	return wc
 }
 
-// WriteTo writes a response writer (temp: status code, headers and body) to another response writer.
-func (w *responseWriter) WriteTo(to ResponseWriter) {
+// CopyTo writes a response writer (temp: status code, headers and body) to another response writer.
+func (w *responseWriter) CopyTo(to ResponseWriter) {
 	// set the status code, failure status code are first class
 	if w.statusCode >= 400 {
 		to.WriteHeader(w.statusCode)