diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81e0f86..c597224 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -171,10 +171,27 @@ cobbzilla-utils is available under the Apache License, version 2: http://www.apa
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-compress.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.meteogroup.jbrotli</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jbrotli</artifactId>
-            <version>0.5.0</version>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>org.meteogroup.jbrotli</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jbrotli</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>0.5.0</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>org.meteogroup.jbrotli</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jbrotli-native-linux-x86-amd64</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>0.5.0</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.nixxcode.jvmbrotli/jvmbrotli -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.nixxcode.jvmbrotli</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jvmbrotli</artifactId>
+            <version>0.2.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.nixxcode.jvmbrotli/jvmbrotli-linux-x86-amd64 -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.nixxcode.jvmbrotli</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jvmbrotli-linux-x86-amd64</artifactId>
+            <version>0.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/http/HttpContentEncodingType.java b/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/http/HttpContentEncodingType.java
index 897eeef..4e1e843 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/http/HttpContentEncodingType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/http/HttpContentEncodingType.java
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package org.cobbzilla.util.http;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.nixxcode.jvmbrotli.common.BrotliLoader;
+import com.nixxcode.jvmbrotli.dec.BrotliInputStream;
+import com.nixxcode.jvmbrotli.enc.BrotliOutputStream;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.io.FilterInputStreamViaOutputStream;
-import org.meteogroup.jbrotli.io.BrotliInputStream;
-import org.meteogroup.jbrotli.io.BrotliOutputStream;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ public enum HttpContentEncodingType {
     br (BrotliInputStream::new, BrotliOutputStream::new, BrotliOutputStream.class),
     bro (BrotliInputStream::new, BrotliOutputStream::new, BrotliOutputStream.class);
 
+    static {
+        BrotliLoader.isBrotliAvailable();
+    }
+
     private final HttpContentEncodingInputWrapper inputWrapper;
     private final HttpContentEncodingOutputWrapper outputWrapper;
     private final HttpContentEncodingInputAsOutputWrapper inputAsOutputWrapper;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/cobbzilla/util/http/HttpContentEncodingTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/cobbzilla/util/http/HttpContentEncodingTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c80ead6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/cobbzilla/util/http/HttpContentEncodingTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package org.cobbzilla.util.http;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
+import org.cobbzilla.util.system.Bytes;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+
+public class HttpContentEncodingTypeTest {
+
+    @Test public void testEncodingTypes () throws Exception {
+        for (HttpContentEncodingType encoding : HttpContentEncodingType.values()) {
+            testEncodingType(encoding);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void testEncodingType(HttpContentEncodingType encoding) throws IOException {
+        final byte[] expectedData = RandomUtils.nextBytes((int) (65*Bytes.KB));
+        final ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(expectedData);
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        final OutputStream encOut = encoding.wrapOutput(out);
+        IOUtils.copyLarge(in, encOut);
+        in.close();
+        encOut.close();
+
+        final InputStream decIn = encoding.wrapInput(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()));
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream actualData = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        IOUtils.copyLarge(decIn, actualData);
+        assertArrayEquals("data was not the same", expectedData, actualData.toByteArray());
+    }
+}