diff --git a/experimental/premake4.lua b/experimental/premake4.lua
index 6df8335..4571f6a 100644
--- a/experimental/premake4.lua
+++ b/experimental/premake4.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+newoption {
+   trigger     = "with-zlib",
+   description = "Build with zlib."
+}
+
 solution "objview"
 	-- location ( "build" )
 	configurations { "Release", "Debug" }
@@ -5,44 +10,51 @@ solution "objview"
 	
 	project "objview"
 
-		kind "ConsoleApp"
-		language "C++"
-		files { "viewer.cc", "trackball.cc" }
-		includedirs { "./" }
-		includedirs { "../../" }
+	kind "ConsoleApp"
+	language "C++"
+	files { "viewer.cc", "trackball.cc" }
+	includedirs { "./" }
+	includedirs { "../../" }
 
-      buildoptions { "-std=c++11" }
-      --buildoptions { "-fsanitize=address" }
-      --linkoptions { "-fsanitize=address" }
+	buildoptions { "-std=c++11" }
 
-		configuration { "linux" }
-			linkoptions { "`pkg-config --libs glfw3`" }
-			links { "GL", "GLU", "m", "GLEW", "X11", "Xrandr", "Xinerama", "Xi", "Xxf86vm", "Xcursor", "dl" }
-			linkoptions { "-pthread" }
+	if _OPTIONS['with-zlib'] then
+		defines { 'ENABLE_ZLIB' }
+		links { 'z' }
+	end	
 
-		configuration { "windows" }
-			-- Path to GLFW3
-			includedirs { '../../../../local/glfw-3.1.2.bin.WIN64/include' }
-			libdirs { '../../../../local/glfw-3.1.2.bin.WIN64/lib-vc2013' }
-			-- Path to GLEW
-			includedirs { '../../../../local/glew-1.13.0/include' }
-			libdirs { '../../../../local/glew-1.13.0/lib/Release/x64' }
+	-- Uncomment if you want address sanitizer(gcc/clang only)
+	--buildoptions { "-fsanitize=address" }
+	--linkoptions { "-fsanitize=address" }
 
-			links { "glfw3", "glew32", "gdi32", "winmm", "user32", "glu32","opengl32", "kernel32" }
-			defines { "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" }
+	configuration { "linux" }
+		linkoptions { "`pkg-config --libs glfw3`" }
+		links { "GL", "GLU", "m", "GLEW", "X11", "Xrandr", "Xinerama", "Xi", "Xxf86vm", "Xcursor", "dl" }
+		linkoptions { "-pthread" }
 
-		configuration { "macosx" }
-			includedirs { "/usr/local/include" }
-			buildoptions { "-Wno-deprecated-declarations" }
-			libdirs { "/usr/local/lib" }
-			links { "glfw3", "GLEW" }
-			linkoptions { "-framework OpenGL", "-framework Cocoa", "-framework IOKit", "-framework CoreVideo" }
+	configuration { "windows" }
+		-- Path to GLFW3
+		includedirs { '../../../../local/glfw-3.1.2.bin.WIN64/include' }
+		libdirs { '../../../../local/glfw-3.1.2.bin.WIN64/lib-vc2013' }
+		-- Path to GLEW
+		includedirs { '../../../../local/glew-1.13.0/include' }
+		libdirs { '../../../../local/glew-1.13.0/lib/Release/x64' }
 
-		configuration "Debug"
-			defines { "DEBUG" }
-			flags { "Symbols"}
+		links { "glfw3", "glew32", "gdi32", "winmm", "user32", "glu32","opengl32", "kernel32" }
+		defines { "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" }
 
-		configuration "Release"
-			defines { "NDEBUG" }
-			flags { "Optimize"}
+	configuration { "macosx" }
+		includedirs { "/usr/local/include" }
+		buildoptions { "-Wno-deprecated-declarations" }
+		libdirs { "/usr/local/lib" }
+		links { "glfw3", "GLEW" }
+		linkoptions { "-framework OpenGL", "-framework Cocoa", "-framework IOKit", "-framework CoreVideo" }
+
+	configuration "Debug"
+		defines { "DEBUG" }
+		flags { "Symbols"}
+
+	configuration "Release"
+		defines { "NDEBUG" }
+		flags { "Optimize"}
 
diff --git a/experimental/viewer.cc b/experimental/viewer.cc
index 1990342..fa44320 100644
--- a/experimental/viewer.cc
+++ b/experimental/viewer.cc
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstring>	
 #include <algorithm>	
 
+#if defined(ENABLE_ZLIB)
+#include <zlib.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <GL/glew.h>
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
@@ -135,6 +140,78 @@ const char *mmap_file(size_t *len, const char* filename)
 #endif
 }
 
+bool gz_load(std::vector<char>* buf, const char* filename)
+{
+    gzFile file;
+    file = gzopen (filename, "r");
+    if (! file) {
+        fprintf (stderr, "gzopen of '%s' failed: %s.\n", filename,
+                 strerror (errno));
+        exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+        return false;
+    }
+    while (1) {
+        int err;                    
+        int bytes_read;
+        unsigned char buffer[1024];
+        bytes_read = gzread (file, buffer, 1024);
+        buf->insert(buf->end(), buffer, buffer + 1024); 
+        //printf ("%s", buffer);
+        if (bytes_read < 1024) {
+            if (gzeof (file)) {
+                break;
+            }
+            else {
+                const char * error_string;
+                error_string = gzerror (file, & err);
+                if (err) {
+                    fprintf (stderr, "Error: %s.\n", error_string);
+                    exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    gzclose (file);
+    return true;
+}
+
+const char* get_file_data(size_t *len, const char* filename)
+{
+
+  char *ext = strrchr(filename, '.');
+
+  size_t data_len = 0;
+  const char* data = nullptr;
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_ZLIB)
+  if (strcmp(ext, ".gz") == 0) {
+    // gzipped data.
+    printf("compressed\n");
+
+    std::vector<char> buf;
+    bool ret = gz_load(&buf, filename);
+
+    if (ret) {
+      char *p = static_cast<char*>(malloc(buf.size() + 1));  // @fixme { implement deleter }
+      memcpy(p, &buf.at(0), buf.size());
+      p[buf.size()] = '\0';
+      data = p;
+      data_len = buf.size();
+    }
+
+  } else {
+#else
+  {
+#endif
+    
+    data = mmap_file(&data_len, filename);
+  }
+
+  (*len) = data_len;
+  return data;
+}
+
 
 bool LoadObjAndConvert(float bmin[3], float bmax[3], const char* filename)
 {
@@ -144,8 +221,7 @@ bool LoadObjAndConvert(float bmin[3], float bmax[3], const char* filename)
   std::vector<vertex_index> faces;
 
   size_t data_len = 0;
-  const char* data = nullptr;
-  data = mmap_file(&data_len, filename);
+  const char* data = get_file_data(&data_len, filename);
   if (data == nullptr) {
     exit(-1);
     return false;