diff --git a/biicode.conf b/biicode.conf
index 07da8e10..f8103deb 100644
--- a/biicode.conf
+++ b/biicode.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Biicode configuration file
 
 [requirements]
+	 cryptopp/cryptopp: 8
 	 google/gmock: 4
 	 google/gtest: 11
 	 messmer/cmake: 3
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/CompressedBlock.cpp b/implementations/compressing/CompressedBlock.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e226e7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/CompressedBlock.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "CompressedBlock.h"
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/CompressedBlock.h b/implementations/compressing/CompressedBlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf7b2301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/CompressedBlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSEDBLOCK_H_
+#define MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSEDBLOCK_H_
+
+#include "../../interface/Block.h"
+#include "../../interface/BlockStore.h"
+#include <messmer/cpp-utils/data/DataUtils.h>
+#include <messmer/cpp-utils/pointer/unique_ref.h>
+#include <mutex>
+
+namespace blockstore {
+class BlockStore;
+namespace compressing {
+template<class Compressor> class CompressingBlockStore;
+
+template<class Compressor>
+class CompressedBlock final: public Block {
+public:
+  static boost::optional<cpputils::unique_ref<CompressedBlock>> TryCreateNew(BlockStore *baseBlockStore, const Key &key, cpputils::Data decompressedData);
+  static cpputils::unique_ref<CompressedBlock> Decompress(cpputils::unique_ref<Block> baseBlock);
+
+  CompressedBlock(cpputils::unique_ref<Block> baseBlock, cpputils::Data decompressedData);
+  ~CompressedBlock();
+
+  const void *data() const override;
+  void write(const void *source, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size) override;
+
+  void flush() override;
+
+  size_t size() const override;
+  void resize(size_t newSize) override;
+
+  cpputils::unique_ref<Block> releaseBaseBlock();
+
+private:
+  void _compressToBaseBlock();
+
+  cpputils::unique_ref<Block> _baseBlock;
+  cpputils::Data _decompressedData;
+  std::mutex _mutex;
+  bool _dataChanged;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CompressedBlock);
+};
+
+template<class Compressor>
+boost::optional<cpputils::unique_ref<CompressedBlock<Compressor>>> CompressedBlock<Compressor>::TryCreateNew(BlockStore *baseBlockStore, const Key &key, cpputils::Data decompressedData) {
+  cpputils::Data compressed = Compressor::Compress(decompressedData);
+  auto baseBlock = baseBlockStore->tryCreate(key, std::move(compressed));
+  if (baseBlock == boost::none) {
+    //TODO Test this code branch
+    return boost::none;
+  }
+
+  return cpputils::make_unique_ref<CompressedBlock<Compressor>>(std::move(*baseBlock), std::move(decompressedData));
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+cpputils::unique_ref<CompressedBlock<Compressor>> CompressedBlock<Compressor>::Decompress(cpputils::unique_ref<Block> baseBlock) {
+  cpputils::Data decompressed = Compressor::Decompress((byte*)baseBlock->data(), baseBlock->size());
+  return cpputils::make_unique_ref<CompressedBlock<Compressor>>(std::move(baseBlock), std::move(decompressed));
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+CompressedBlock<Compressor>::CompressedBlock(cpputils::unique_ref<Block> baseBlock, cpputils::Data decompressedData)
+        : Block(baseBlock->key()),
+          _baseBlock(std::move(baseBlock)),
+          _decompressedData(std::move(decompressedData)),
+          _dataChanged(false) {
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+CompressedBlock<Compressor>::~CompressedBlock() {
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
+  _compressToBaseBlock();
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+const void *CompressedBlock<Compressor>::data() const {
+  return _decompressedData.data();
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+void CompressedBlock<Compressor>::write(const void *source, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size) {
+  std::memcpy((uint8_t*)_decompressedData.dataOffset(offset), source, size);
+  _dataChanged = true;
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+void CompressedBlock<Compressor>::flush() {
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
+  _compressToBaseBlock();
+  return _baseBlock->flush();
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+size_t CompressedBlock<Compressor>::size() const {
+  return _decompressedData.size();
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+void CompressedBlock<Compressor>::resize(size_t newSize) {
+  _decompressedData = cpputils::DataUtils::resize(std::move(_decompressedData), newSize);
+  _dataChanged = true;
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+cpputils::unique_ref<Block> CompressedBlock<Compressor>::releaseBaseBlock() {
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
+  _compressToBaseBlock();
+  return std::move(_baseBlock);
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+void CompressedBlock<Compressor>::_compressToBaseBlock() {
+  if (_dataChanged) {
+    cpputils::Data compressed = Compressor::Compress(_decompressedData);
+    _baseBlock->resize(compressed.size());
+    _baseBlock->write(compressed.data(), 0, compressed.size());
+    _dataChanged = false;
+  }
+}
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStore.cpp b/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStore.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab79d260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStore.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "CompressingBlockStore.h"
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStore.h b/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStore.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b22c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStore.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSINGBLOCKSTORE_H_
+#define MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSINGBLOCKSTORE_H_
+
+#include "../../interface/BlockStore.h"
+#include "CompressedBlock.h"
+
+namespace blockstore {
+namespace compressing {
+
+template<class Compressor>
+class CompressingBlockStore final: public BlockStore {
+public:
+    CompressingBlockStore(cpputils::unique_ref<BlockStore> baseBlockStore);
+    ~CompressingBlockStore();
+
+    Key createKey() override;
+    boost::optional<cpputils::unique_ref<Block>> tryCreate(const Key &key, cpputils::Data data) override;
+    boost::optional<cpputils::unique_ref<Block>> load(const Key &key) override;
+    void remove(cpputils::unique_ref<Block> block) override;
+    uint64_t numBlocks() const override;
+
+private:
+    cpputils::unique_ref<BlockStore> _baseBlockStore;
+
+    DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CompressingBlockStore);
+};
+
+template<class Compressor>
+CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>::CompressingBlockStore(cpputils::unique_ref<BlockStore> baseBlockStore)
+        : _baseBlockStore(std::move(baseBlockStore)) {
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>::~CompressingBlockStore() {
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+Key CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>::createKey() {
+    return _baseBlockStore->createKey();
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+boost::optional<cpputils::unique_ref<Block>> CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>::tryCreate(const Key &key, cpputils::Data data) {
+    auto result = CompressedBlock<Compressor>::TryCreateNew(_baseBlockStore.get(), key, std::move(data));
+    if (result == boost::none) {
+        return boost::none;
+    }
+    return cpputils::unique_ref<Block>(std::move(*result));
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+boost::optional<cpputils::unique_ref<Block>> CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>::load(const Key &key) {
+    auto loaded = _baseBlockStore->load(key);
+    if (loaded == boost::none) {
+        return boost::none;
+    }
+    return boost::optional<cpputils::unique_ref<Block>>(CompressedBlock<Compressor>::Decompress(std::move(*loaded)));
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+void CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>::remove(cpputils::unique_ref<Block> block) {
+    auto _block = cpputils::dynamic_pointer_move<CompressedBlock<Compressor>>(block);
+    ASSERT(_block != boost::none, "Wrong block type");
+    auto baseBlock = (*_block)->releaseBaseBlock();
+    return _baseBlockStore->remove(std::move(baseBlock));
+}
+
+template<class Compressor>
+uint64_t CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>::numBlocks() const {
+    return _baseBlockStore->numBlocks();
+}
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.cpp b/implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c2d59da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "Gzip.h"
+#include <cryptopp/cryptopp/gzip.h>
+
+using cpputils::Data;
+
+namespace blockstore {
+    namespace compressing {
+
+        Data Gzip::Compress(const Data &data) {
+            CryptoPP::Gzip zipper;
+            zipper.Put((byte *) data.data(), data.size());
+            zipper.MessageEnd();
+            Data compressed(zipper.MaxRetrievable());
+            zipper.Get((byte *) compressed.data(), compressed.size());
+            return compressed;
+        }
+
+        Data Gzip::Decompress(const void *data, size_t size) {
+            //TODO Change interface to taking cpputils::Data objects (needs changing blockstore so we can read their "class Data", because this is called from CompressedBlock::Decompress()).
+            CryptoPP::Gunzip zipper;
+            zipper.Put((byte *) data, size);
+            zipper.MessageEnd();
+            Data decompressed(zipper.MaxRetrievable());
+            zipper.Get((byte *) decompressed.data(), decompressed.size());
+            return decompressed;
+        }
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.h b/implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab53e372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSORS_GZIP_H
+#define MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSORS_GZIP_H
+
+#include <messmer/cpp-utils/data/Data.h>
+
+namespace blockstore {
+    namespace compressing {
+        class Gzip {
+        public:
+            static cpputils::Data Compress(const cpputils::Data &data);
+
+            static cpputils::Data Decompress(const void *data, size_t size);
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.cpp b/implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea190bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#include "RunLengthEncoding.h"
+#include <sstream>
+#include <messmer/cpp-utils/assert/assert.h>
+
+using cpputils::Data;
+using std::string;
+using std::ostringstream;
+using std::istringstream;
+
+namespace blockstore {
+    namespace compressing {
+
+        // Alternatively store a run of arbitrary bytes and a run of identical bytes.
+        // Each run is preceded by its length. Length fields are uint16_t.
+        // Example: 2 - 5 - 8 - 10 - 3 - 0 - 2 - 0
+        // Length 2 arbitrary bytes (values: 5, 8), the next 10 bytes store "3" each,
+        // then 0 arbitrary bytes and 2x "0".
+
+        Data RunLengthEncoding::Compress(const Data &data) {
+            ostringstream compressed;
+            uint8_t *current = (uint8_t*)data.data();
+            uint8_t *end = (uint8_t*)data.data()+data.size();
+            while (current < end) {
+                _encodeArbitraryWords(&current, end, &compressed);
+                ASSERT(current <= end, "Overflow");
+                if (current == end) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                _encodeIdenticalWords(&current, end, &compressed);
+                ASSERT(current <= end, "Overflow");
+            }
+            return _extractData(&compressed);
+        }
+
+        void RunLengthEncoding::_encodeArbitraryWords(uint8_t **current, uint8_t* end, ostringstream *output) {
+            uint16_t size = _arbitraryRunLength(*current, end);
+            output->write((const char*)&size, sizeof(uint16_t));
+            output->write((const char*)*current, size);
+            *current += size;
+        }
+
+        uint16_t RunLengthEncoding::_arbitraryRunLength(uint8_t *start, uint8_t* end) {
+            // Each stopping of an arbitrary bytes run costs us 5 byte, because we have to store the length
+            // for the identical bytes run (2 byte), the identical byte itself (1 byte) and the length for the next arbitrary bytes run (2 byte).
+            // So to get an advantage from stopping an arbitrary bytes run, at least 6 bytes have to be identical.
+
+            // realEnd avoids an overflow of the 16bit counter
+            uint8_t *realEnd = std::min(end, start + std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max());
+
+            // Count the number of identical bytes and return if it finds a run of more than 6 identical bytes.
+            uint8_t lastByte = *start + 1; // Something different from the first byte
+            uint8_t numIdenticalBytes = 1;
+            for(uint8_t *current = start; current != realEnd; ++current) {
+                if (*current == lastByte) {
+                    ++numIdenticalBytes;
+                    if (numIdenticalBytes == 6) {
+                        return current - start - 5; //-5, because the end pointer for the arbitrary byte run should point to the first identical byte, not the one before.
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    numIdenticalBytes = 1;
+                }
+                lastByte = *current;
+            }
+            //It wasn't worth stopping the arbitrary bytes run anywhere. The whole region should be an arbitrary run.
+            return realEnd-start;
+        }
+
+        void RunLengthEncoding::_encodeIdenticalWords(uint8_t **current, uint8_t* end, ostringstream *output) {
+            uint16_t size = _countIdenticalBytes(*current, end);
+            output->write((const char*)&size, sizeof(uint16_t));
+            output->write((const char*)*current, 1);
+            *current += size;
+        }
+
+        uint16_t RunLengthEncoding::_countIdenticalBytes(uint8_t *start, uint8_t *end) {
+            uint8_t *realEnd = std::min(end, start + std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()); // This prevents overflow of the 16bit counter
+            for (uint8_t *current = start+1; current != realEnd; ++current) {
+                if (*current != *start) {
+                    return current-start;
+                }
+            }
+            // All bytes have been identical
+            return realEnd - start;
+        }
+
+        Data RunLengthEncoding::_extractData(ostringstream *stream) {
+            string str = stream->str();
+            Data data(str.size());
+            std::memcpy(data.data(), str.c_str(), str.size());
+            return data;
+        }
+
+        Data RunLengthEncoding::Decompress(const void *data, size_t size) {
+            istringstream stream = _parseData((uint8_t*)data, size);
+            ostringstream decompressed;
+            while(_hasData(&stream)) {
+                _decodeArbitraryWords(&stream, &decompressed);
+                if (!_hasData(&stream)) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                _decodeIdenticalWords(&stream, &decompressed);
+            }
+            return _extractData(&decompressed);
+        }
+
+        bool RunLengthEncoding::_hasData(istringstream *str) {
+            str->peek();
+            return !str->eof();
+        }
+
+        istringstream RunLengthEncoding::_parseData(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
+            string str((const char*)data, size);
+            istringstream result;
+            result.str(str);
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        void RunLengthEncoding::_decodeArbitraryWords(istringstream *stream, ostringstream *decompressed) {
+            uint16_t size;
+            stream->read((char*)&size, sizeof(uint16_t));
+            ASSERT(stream->good(), "Premature end of stream");
+            Data run(size);
+            stream->read((char*)run.data(), size);
+            ASSERT(stream->good(), "Premature end of stream");
+            decompressed->write((const char*)run.data(), run.size());
+        }
+
+        void RunLengthEncoding::_decodeIdenticalWords(istringstream *stream, ostringstream *decompressed) {
+            uint16_t size;
+            stream->read((char*)&size, sizeof(uint16_t));
+            ASSERT(stream->good(), "Premature end of stream");
+            uint8_t value;
+            stream->read((char*)&value, 1);
+            ASSERT(stream->good(), "Premature end of stream");
+            Data run(size);
+            std::memset(run.data(), value, run.size());
+            decompressed->write((const char*)run.data(), run.size());
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.h b/implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbc88ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSORS_RUNLENGTHENCODING_H
+#define MESSMER_BLOCKSTORE_IMPLEMENTATIONS_COMPRESSING_COMPRESSORS_RUNLENGTHENCODING_H
+
+#include <messmer/cpp-utils/data/Data.h>
+
+namespace blockstore {
+    namespace compressing {
+        class RunLengthEncoding {
+        public:
+            static cpputils::Data Compress(const cpputils::Data &data);
+
+            static cpputils::Data Decompress(const void *data, size_t size);
+
+        private:
+            static void _encodeArbitraryWords(uint8_t **current, uint8_t* end, std::ostringstream *output);
+            static uint16_t _arbitraryRunLength(uint8_t *start, uint8_t* end);
+            static void _encodeIdenticalWords(uint8_t **current, uint8_t* end, std::ostringstream *output);
+            static uint16_t _countIdenticalBytes(uint8_t *start, uint8_t *end);
+            static bool _hasData(std::istringstream *stream);
+            static cpputils::Data _extractData(std::ostringstream *stream);
+            static std::istringstream _parseData(const uint8_t *data, size_t size);
+            static void _decodeArbitraryWords(std::istringstream *stream, std::ostringstream *decompressed);
+            static void _decodeIdenticalWords(std::istringstream *stream, std::ostringstream *decompressed);
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/test/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStoreTest.cpp b/test/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStoreTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99a668e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStoreTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include "../../../implementations/compressing/CompressingBlockStore.h"
+#include "../../../implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.h"
+#include "../../../implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.h"
+#include "../../../implementations/testfake/FakeBlockStore.h"
+#include "../../testutils/BlockStoreTest.h"
+#include "google/gtest/gtest.h"
+
+using ::testing::Test;
+
+using blockstore::BlockStore;
+using blockstore::compressing::CompressingBlockStore;
+using blockstore::compressing::Gzip;
+using blockstore::compressing::RunLengthEncoding;
+using blockstore::testfake::FakeBlockStore;
+
+using cpputils::make_unique_ref;
+using cpputils::unique_ref;
+
+template<class Compressor>
+class CompressingBlockStoreTestFixture: public BlockStoreTestFixture {
+public:
+  unique_ref<BlockStore> createBlockStore() override {
+    return make_unique_ref<CompressingBlockStore<Compressor>>(make_unique_ref<FakeBlockStore>());
+  }
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(Compressing_Gzip, BlockStoreTest, CompressingBlockStoreTestFixture<Gzip>);
+INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(Compressing_RunLengthEncoding, BlockStoreTest, CompressingBlockStoreTestFixture<RunLengthEncoding>);
diff --git a/test/implementations/compressing/compressors/testutils/CompressorTest.cpp b/test/implementations/compressing/compressors/testutils/CompressorTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41fc4f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/implementations/compressing/compressors/testutils/CompressorTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include <google/gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "../../../../../implementations/compressing/compressors/Gzip.h"
+#include "../../../../../implementations/compressing/compressors/RunLengthEncoding.h"
+#include <messmer/cpp-utils/data/DataFixture.h>
+
+using namespace blockstore::compressing;
+using cpputils::Data;
+using cpputils::DataFixture;
+
+template<class Compressor>
+class CompressorTest: public ::testing::Test {
+public:
+    void EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(const Data &data) {
+        Data compressed = Compressor::Compress(data);
+        Data decompressed = Compressor::Decompress(compressed.data(), compressed.size());
+        EXPECT_EQ(data, decompressed);
+    }
+};
+
+TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(CompressorTest);
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, Empty) {
+  Data empty(0);
+  this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(empty);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, ArbitraryData) {
+  Data fixture = DataFixture::generate(10240);
+  this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(fixture);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, Zeroes) {
+  Data zeroes(10240);
+  zeroes.FillWithZeroes();
+  this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(zeroes);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, Runs) {
+    Data data(4096);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(0),    0xF2, 1024);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(1024), 0x00, 1024);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(2048), 0x01, 2048);
+    this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(data);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, RunsAndArbitrary) {
+    Data data(4096);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(0),    0xF2, 1024);
+    std::memcpy(data.dataOffset(1024), DataFixture::generate(1024).data(), 1024);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(2048), 0x01, 2048);
+    this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(data);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, LargeData) {
+    // this is larger than what fits into 16bit (16bit are for example used as run length indicator in RunLengthEncoding)
+    Data fixture = DataFixture::generate(200000);
+    this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(fixture);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, LargeRuns) {
+    // each run is larger than what fits into 16bit (16bit are for example used as run length indicator in RunLengthEncoding)
+    constexpr size_t RUN_SIZE = 200000;
+    Data data(3*RUN_SIZE);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(0),          0xF2, RUN_SIZE);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(RUN_SIZE),   0x00, RUN_SIZE);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(2*RUN_SIZE), 0x01, RUN_SIZE);
+    this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(data);
+}
+
+TYPED_TEST_P(CompressorTest, LargeRunsAndArbitrary) {
+    // each run is larger than what fits into 16bit (16bit are for example used as run length indicator in RunLengthEncoding)
+    constexpr size_t RUN_SIZE = 200000;
+    Data data(3*RUN_SIZE);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(0), 0xF2, RUN_SIZE);
+    std::memcpy(data.dataOffset(RUN_SIZE), DataFixture::generate(RUN_SIZE).data(), RUN_SIZE);
+    std::memset(data.dataOffset(2*RUN_SIZE), 0x01, RUN_SIZE);
+    this->EXPECT_COMPRESS_AND_DECOMPRESS_IS_IDENTITY(data);
+}
+
+REGISTER_TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(CompressorTest,
+        Empty,
+        ArbitraryData,
+        Zeroes,
+        Runs,
+        RunsAndArbitrary,
+        LargeData,
+        LargeRuns,
+        LargeRunsAndArbitrary
+);
+
+INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(Gzip, CompressorTest, Gzip);
+INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(RunLengthEncoding, CompressorTest, RunLengthEncoding);