diff --git a/lib/cw-out.c b/lib/cw-out.c
index ab38109ad9..15857decfc 100644
--- a/lib/cw-out.c
+++ b/lib/cw-out.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "transfer.h"
 #include "cw-out.h"
 #include "cw-pause.h"
-
+#include "progress.h"
 
 /**
  * OVERALL DESIGN of this client writer
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static CURLcode cw_out_ptr_flush(struct cw_out_ctx *ctx,
   void *wcb_data;
   size_t max_write, min_write;
   size_t wlen, nwritten;
-  CURLcode result;
+  CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
 
   /* If we errored once, we do not invoke the client callback again */
   if(ctx->errored)
@@ -253,8 +253,11 @@ static CURLcode cw_out_ptr_flush(struct cw_out_ctx *ctx,
       if(!flush_all && blen < min_write)
         break;
       wlen = max_write ? CURLMIN(blen, max_write) : blen;
-      result = cw_out_cb_write(ctx, data, wcb, wcb_data, otype,
-                               buf, wlen, &nwritten);
+      if(otype == CW_OUT_BODY)
+        result = Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(data, wlen);
+      if(!result)
+        result = cw_out_cb_write(ctx, data, wcb, wcb_data, otype,
+                                 buf, wlen, &nwritten);
       if(result)
         return result;
       *pconsumed += nwritten;
diff --git a/lib/progress.c b/lib/progress.c
index 6cde5678be..7a243306b3 100644
--- a/lib/progress.c
+++ b/lib/progress.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ void Curl_pgrsReset(struct Curl_easy *data)
   Curl_pgrsSetUploadSize(data, -1);
   Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize(data, -1);
   data->progress.speeder_c = 0; /* reset speed records */
+  data->progress.deliver = 0;
   pgrs_speedinit(data);
 }
 
@@ -339,6 +340,17 @@ void Curl_pgrsStartNow(struct Curl_easy *data)
   p->ul_size_known = FALSE;
 }
 
+/* this counts how much data is delivered to the application, which
+   in compressed cases may differ from downloaded amount */
+CURLcode Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta)
+{
+  if(data->set.max_filesize &&
+     (data->progress.deliver + (curl_off_t)delta > data->set.max_filesize))
+    return CURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED;
+  data->progress.deliver += delta;
+  return CURLE_OK;
+}
+
 void Curl_pgrs_download_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta)
 {
   if(delta) {
diff --git a/lib/progress.h b/lib/progress.h
index 9cb0924ddc..020113087c 100644
--- a/lib/progress.h
+++ b/lib/progress.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int Curl_pgrsDone(struct Curl_easy *data);
 void Curl_pgrsStartNow(struct Curl_easy *data);
 void Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
 void Curl_pgrsSetUploadSize(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
-
+CURLcode Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
 void Curl_pgrs_download_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
 void Curl_pgrs_upload_inc(struct Curl_easy *data, size_t delta);
 void Curl_pgrsSetUploadCounter(struct Curl_easy *data, curl_off_t size);
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index b437771517..16931ef374 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ struct Progress {
                       force redraw at next call */
   struct pgrs_dir ul;
   struct pgrs_dir dl;
+  curl_off_t deliver; /* amount of data delivered to application */
 
   curl_off_t current_speed; /* uses the currently fastest transfer */
   curl_off_t earlydata_sent;
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index c442fa13c2..07b2aa7ac8 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ test1580 test1581 test1582 test1583 test1584 test1585 \
 test1590 test1591 test1592 test1593 test1594 test1595 test1596 test1597 \
 test1598 test1599 test1600 test1601 test1602 test1603 test1604 test1605 \
 test1606 test1607 test1608 test1609 test1610 test1611 test1612 test1613 \
-test1614 test1615 test1616 test1617 \
+test1614 test1615 test1616 test1617 test1618 \
 test1620 test1621 test1622 test1623 \
 \
 test1630 test1631 test1632 test1633 test1634 test1635 test1636 test1637 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1618 b/tests/data/test1618
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e2f46f5ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1618
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+compressed
+brotli
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+<reply>
+
+<data crlf="headers" nonewline="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:56:53 GMT
+Vary: Accept-Encoding
+Content-Encoding: br
+Content-Length: 14
+
+%hex[%81%fa%7f%0c%fc%13%00%f1%58%20%90%7b%18%00]hex%
+</data>
+
+<datacheck crlf="headers">
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:56:53 GMT
+Vary: Accept-Encoding
+Content-Encoding: br
+Content-Length: 14
+
+</datacheck>
+
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<features>
+brotli
+</features>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+<name>
+HTTP GET brotli compression bomb
+</name>
+<command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER --compressed --max-filesize=1000
+</command>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strippart>
+s/^Accept-Encoding: [a-zA-Z, ]*/Accept-Encoding: xxx/
+</strippart>
+<protocol crlf="headers">
+GET /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Accept: */*
+Accept-Encoding: xxx
+
+</protocol>
+<errorcode>
+63
+</errorcode>
+</verify>
+</testcase>