diff --git a/cmd/collector/app/handler/grpc_handler.go b/cmd/collector/app/handler/grpc_handler.go
index 995fa141ed45..88ba61c6b1cd 100644
--- a/cmd/collector/app/handler/grpc_handler.go
+++ b/cmd/collector/app/handler/grpc_handler.go
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import (
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
-	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 
+	// enable gzip compression support
+	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
+
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/collector/app/processor"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/proto-gen/api_v2"
 )