diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/WebSocket/WsCompression.cs b/src/NATS.Server/WebSocket/WsCompression.cs
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+using System.IO.Compression;
+
+namespace NATS.Server.WebSocket;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// permessage-deflate compression/decompression for WebSocket frames (RFC 7692).
+/// Ported from golang/nats-server/server/websocket.go lines 403-440 and 1391-1466.
+/// </summary>
+public static class WsCompression
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Compresses data using deflate. Removes trailing 4 bytes (sync marker)
+    /// per RFC 7692 Section 7.2.1.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// We call Flush() but intentionally do not Dispose() the DeflateStream before
+    /// reading output, because Dispose writes a final deflate block (0x03 0x00) that
+    /// would be corrupted by the 4-byte tail strip. Flush() alone writes a sync flush
+    /// ending with 0x00 0x00 0xff 0xff, matching Go's flate.Writer.Flush() behavior.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static byte[] Compress(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+    {
+        var output = new MemoryStream();
+        var deflate = new DeflateStream(output, CompressionLevel.Fastest, leaveOpen: true);
+        deflate.Write(data);
+        deflate.Flush();
+
+        var compressed = output.ToArray();
+
+        deflate.Dispose();
+        output.Dispose();
+
+        // Remove trailing 4-byte sync marker (0x00 0x00 0xff 0xff) per RFC 7692
+        if (compressed.Length >= 4)
+            return compressed[..^4];
+
+        return compressed;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Decompresses collected compressed buffers.
+    /// Appends trailer bytes before decompressing per RFC 7692 Section 7.2.2.
+    /// Ported from golang/nats-server/server/websocket.go lines 403-440.
+    /// The Go code appends compressLastBlock (9 bytes) which includes the sync
+    /// marker plus a final empty stored block to signal end-of-stream to the
+    /// flate reader.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static byte[] Decompress(List<byte[]> compressedBuffers, int maxPayload)
+    {
+        if (maxPayload <= 0)
+            maxPayload = 1024 * 1024; // Default 1MB
+
+        // Concatenate all compressed buffers + trailer.
+        // Per RFC 7692 Section 7.2.2, append the sync flush marker (0x00 0x00 0xff 0xff)
+        // that was stripped during compression. The Go reference appends compressLastBlock
+        // (9 bytes) for Go's flate reader; .NET's DeflateStream only needs the 4-byte trailer.
+        int totalLen = 0;
+        foreach (var buf in compressedBuffers)
+            totalLen += buf.Length;
+        totalLen += WsConstants.DecompressTrailer.Length;
+
+        var combined = new byte[totalLen];
+        int offset = 0;
+        foreach (var buf in compressedBuffers)
+        {
+            buf.CopyTo(combined, offset);
+            offset += buf.Length;
+        }
+
+        WsConstants.DecompressTrailer.CopyTo(combined, offset);
+
+        using var input = new MemoryStream(combined);
+        using var deflate = new DeflateStream(input, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+        using var output = new MemoryStream();
+
+        var readBuf = new byte[4096];
+        int totalRead = 0;
+        int n;
+        while ((n = deflate.Read(readBuf, 0, readBuf.Length)) > 0)
+        {
+            totalRead += n;
+            if (totalRead > maxPayload)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("decompressed data exceeds maximum payload size");
+            output.Write(readBuf, 0, n);
+        }
+
+        return output.ToArray();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/WebSocket/WsCompressionTests.cs b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/WebSocket/WsCompressionTests.cs
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+using NATS.Server.WebSocket;
+using Shouldly;
+
+namespace NATS.Server.Tests.WebSocket;
+
+public class WsCompressionTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void CompressDecompress_RoundTrip()
+    {
+        var original = "Hello, WebSocket compression test! This is long enough to compress."u8.ToArray();
+        var compressed = WsCompression.Compress(original);
+        compressed.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        compressed.Length.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+        var decompressed = WsCompression.Decompress([compressed], maxPayload: 4096);
+        decompressed.ShouldBe(original);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Decompress_ExceedsMaxPayload_Throws()
+    {
+        var original = new byte[1000];
+        Random.Shared.NextBytes(original);
+        var compressed = WsCompression.Compress(original);
+
+        Should.Throw<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            WsCompression.Decompress([compressed], maxPayload: 100));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Compress_RemovesTrailing4Bytes()
+    {
+        var data = new byte[200];
+        Random.Shared.NextBytes(data);
+        var compressed = WsCompression.Compress(data);
+
+        // The compressed data should be valid for decompression when we add the trailer back
+        var decompressed = WsCompression.Decompress([compressed], maxPayload: 4096);
+        decompressed.ShouldBe(data);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Decompress_MultipleBuffers()
+    {
+        var original = new byte[500];
+        Random.Shared.NextBytes(original);
+        var compressed = WsCompression.Compress(original);
+
+        // Split compressed data into multiple chunks
+        int mid = compressed.Length / 2;
+        var chunk1 = compressed[..mid];
+        var chunk2 = compressed[mid..];
+
+        var decompressed = WsCompression.Decompress([chunk1, chunk2], maxPayload: 4096);
+        decompressed.ShouldBe(original);
+    }
+}