diff --git a/adapter_test.go b/adapter_test.go
index 7141eae..3fb5bb8 100644
--- a/adapter_test.go
+++ b/adapter_test.go
@@ -906,6 +906,111 @@ type noopHandler struct{}
 
 func (noopHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {}
 
+func TestWriteStringNoCompressionStatic(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	var h http.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if w, ok := w.(interface{ WriteString(string) (int, error) }); ok {
+			w.WriteString("hello string world!")
+			return
+		}
+		w.Write([]byte("hello bytes world!"))
+	})
+	a, _ := DefaultAdapter()
+	h = a(h)
+	// Do not send accept-encoding to disable compression
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	t.Run("WriteString", func(t *testing.T) {
+		w := &discardResponseWriterWithWriteString{}
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		if w.s != 19 {
+			t.Fatalf("WriteString not called: %+v", w)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("Write", func(t *testing.T) {
+		w := &discardResponseWriter{}
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		if w.b != 18 {
+			t.Fatalf("Write not called: %+v", w)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestWriteStringNoCompressionDynamic(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	var h http.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/uncompressible")
+		if w, ok := w.(interface{ WriteString(string) (int, error) }); ok {
+			w.WriteString(testBody) // first WriteString will fallback to Write
+			w.WriteString(testBody)
+			return
+		}
+		w.Write([]byte(testBody))
+		w.Write([]byte(testBody))
+	})
+	a, _ := DefaultAdapter(ContentTypes([]string{"text/uncompressible"}, true))
+	h = a(h)
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	r.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	t.Run("WriteString", func(t *testing.T) {
+		w := &discardResponseWriterWithWriteString{}
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		if w.s != len(testBody) || w.b != len(testBody) { // first WriteString falls back to Write
+			t.Fatalf("WriteString not called: %+v", w)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("Write", func(t *testing.T) {
+		w := &discardResponseWriter{}
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		if w.b != len(testBody)*2 {
+			t.Fatalf("Write not called: %+v", w)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+type discardResponseWriterWithWriteString struct {
+	discardResponseWriter
+	s int
+}
+
+func (w *discardResponseWriterWithWriteString) WriteString(s string) (n int, err error) {
+	w.s += len(s)
+	return len(s), nil
+}
+
+func TestWriteStringEquivalence(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for _, ae := range []string{"gzip", "uncompressed"} {
+		for _, ct := range []string{"text", "uncompressible"} {
+			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", ae, ct), func(t *testing.T) {
+				r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+				r.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", ae)
+				a, _ := DefaultAdapter(ContentTypes([]string{"uncompressible"}, true))
+
+				var h http.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+					w.Header().Set("Content-Type", ct)
+					w.(interface{ WriteString(string) (int, error) }).WriteString(testBody)
+					w.(interface{ WriteString(string) (int, error) }).WriteString(testBody)
+				})
+				h = a(h)
+				ws := httptest.NewRecorder()
+				h.ServeHTTP(ws, r)
+
+				h = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+					w.Header().Set("Content-Type", ct)
+					w.Write([]byte(testBody))
+					w.Write([]byte(testBody))
+				})
+				h = a(h)
+				w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+				h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
+				assert.Equal(t, ws.Body.Bytes(), w.Body.Bytes(), "response body mismatch")
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 func BenchmarkAdapter(b *testing.B) {
diff --git a/response_writer.go b/response_writer.go
index ec15a37..9cd97de 100644
--- a/response_writer.go
+++ b/response_writer.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var (
 	_ io.WriteCloser = &compressWriter{}
 	_ http.Flusher   = &compressWriter{}
 	_ http.Hijacker  = &compressWriter{}
+	_ writeStringer  = &compressWriter{}
 )
 
 type compressWriterWithCloseNotify struct {
@@ -46,11 +47,12 @@ var (
 	_ io.WriteCloser = compressWriterWithCloseNotify{}
 	_ http.Flusher   = compressWriterWithCloseNotify{}
 	_ http.Hijacker  = compressWriterWithCloseNotify{}
+	_ writeStringer  = compressWriterWithCloseNotify{}
 )
 
 const maxBuf = 1 << 16 // maximum size of recycled buffer
 
-// Write appends data to the gzip writer.
+// WriteString compresses and appends the given byte slice to the underlying ResponseWriter.
 func (w *compressWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	if w.w != nil {
 		// The responseWriter is already initialized: use it.
@@ -108,6 +110,28 @@ func (w *compressWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(b), nil
 }
 
+// WriteString compresses and appends the given string to the underlying ResponseWriter.
+//
+// This makes use of an optional method (WriteString) exposed by the compressors, or by
+// the underlying ResponseWriter.
+func (w *compressWriter) WriteString(s string) (int, error) {
+	// Since WriteString is an optional interface of the compressor, and the actual compressor
+	// is chosen only after the first call to Write, we can't statically know whether the interface
+	// is supported. We therefore have to check dynamically.
+	if ws, _ := w.w.(writeStringer); ws != nil {
+		// The responseWriter is already initialized and it implements WriteString.
+		return ws.WriteString(s)
+	}
+	// Fallback: the writer has not been initialized yet, or it has been initialized
+	// and it does not implement WriteString. We could in theory do something unsafe
+	// here but for now let's keep it simple and fallback to Write.
+	return w.Write([]byte(s))
+}
+
+type writeStringer interface {
+	WriteString(string) (int, error)
+}
+
 // startCompress initializes a compressing writer and writes the buffer.
 func (w *compressWriter) startCompress(enc string) error {
 	comp, ok := w.config.compressor[enc]