diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/transport/aws/AwsSdk2TransportOptions.java b/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/transport/aws/AwsSdk2TransportOptions.java
index ef8eb0a738..187c1b69bd 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/transport/aws/AwsSdk2TransportOptions.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/transport/aws/AwsSdk2TransportOptions.java
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class DefaultImpl extends TransportOptions.DefaultImpl implements AwsSdk2Transpo
             super(builder);
             credentials = builder.credentials;
             requestCompressionSize = builder.requestCompressionSize;
+            responseCompression = builder.responseCompression;
             mapper = builder.mapper;
         }
 
diff --git a/java-client/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/transport/aws/AwsSdk2TransportOptionsTestCase.java b/java-client/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/transport/aws/AwsSdk2TransportOptionsTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05b77ead26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-client/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/transport/aws/AwsSdk2TransportOptionsTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.client.transport.aws;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AwsSdk2TransportOptionsTestCase extends Assert {
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderResponseCompression() throws Exception {
+        AwsSdk2TransportOptions options = AwsSdk2TransportOptions.builder()
+            .setResponseCompression(true)
+            .setRequestCompressionSize(10)
+            .build();
+        assertEquals(10, options.requestCompressionSize().intValue());
+        assertTrue(options.responseCompression());
+    }
+}