diff --git a/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
index f504302e2..4e7feeeaf 100644
--- a/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
+++ b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import io
+import warnings
 import zlib
 
-from scrapy.utils.gz import gunzip
+from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
 from scrapy.http import Response, TextResponse
 from scrapy.responsetypes import responsetypes
-from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
+from scrapy.utils.deprecate import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+from scrapy.utils.gz import gunzip
 
 
 ACCEPTED_ENCODINGS = [b'gzip', b'deflate']
@@ -25,11 +27,25 @@ except ImportError:
 class HttpCompressionMiddleware:
     """This middleware allows compressed (gzip, deflate) traffic to be
     sent/received from web sites"""
+    def __init__(self, stats=None):
+        self.stats = stats
+
     @classmethod
     def from_crawler(cls, crawler):
         if not crawler.settings.getbool('COMPRESSION_ENABLED'):
             raise NotConfigured
-        return cls()
+        try:
+            return cls(stats=crawler.stats)
+        except TypeError:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "HttpCompressionMiddleware subclasses must either modify "
+                "their '__init__' method to support a 'stats' parameter or "
+                "reimplement the 'from_crawler' method.",
+                ScrapyDeprecationWarning,
+            )
+            result = cls()
+            result.stats = crawler.stats
+            return result
 
     def process_request(self, request, spider):
         request.headers.setdefault('Accept-Encoding',
@@ -44,6 +60,9 @@ class HttpCompressionMiddleware:
             if content_encoding:
                 encoding = content_encoding.pop()
                 decoded_body = self._decode(response.body, encoding.lower())
+                if self.stats:
+                    self.stats.inc_value('httpcompression/response_bytes', len(decoded_body), spider=spider)
+                    self.stats.inc_value('httpcompression/response_count', spider=spider)
                 respcls = responsetypes.from_args(
                     headers=response.headers, url=response.url, body=decoded_body
                 )
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
index 4c5bfc577..40e9f3a96 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-from io import BytesIO
-from unittest import TestCase, SkipTest
-from os.path import join
 from gzip import GzipFile
+from io import BytesIO
+from os.path import join
+from unittest import TestCase, SkipTest
+from warnings import catch_warnings
 
 from scrapy.spiders import Spider
 from scrapy.http import Response, Request, HtmlResponse
 from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcompression import HttpCompressionMiddleware, ACCEPTED_ENCODINGS
+from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured, ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 from scrapy.responsetypes import responsetypes
 from scrapy.utils.gz import gunzip
+from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
 from tests import tests_datadir
 from w3lib.encoding import resolve_encoding
 
@@ -32,8 +35,10 @@ FORMAT = {
 class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.spider = Spider('foo')
-        self.mw = HttpCompressionMiddleware()
+        self.crawler = get_crawler(Spider)
+        self.spider = self.crawler._create_spider('scrapytest.org')
+        self.mw = HttpCompressionMiddleware.from_crawler(self.crawler)
+        self.crawler.stats.open_spider(self.spider)
 
     def _getresponse(self, coding):
         if coding not in FORMAT:
@@ -56,6 +61,34 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         response.request = Request('http://scrapytest.org', headers={'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate'})
         return response
 
+    def assertStatsEqual(self, key, value):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.crawler.stats.get_value(key, spider=self.spider),
+            value,
+            str(self.crawler.stats.get_stats(self.spider))
+        )
+
+    def test_setting_false_compression_enabled(self):
+        self.assertRaises(
+            NotConfigured,
+            HttpCompressionMiddleware.from_crawler,
+            get_crawler(settings_dict={'COMPRESSION_ENABLED': False})
+        )
+
+    def test_setting_default_compression_enabled(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            HttpCompressionMiddleware.from_crawler(get_crawler()),
+            HttpCompressionMiddleware
+        )
+
+    def test_setting_true_compression_enabled(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            HttpCompressionMiddleware.from_crawler(
+                get_crawler(settings_dict={'COMPRESSION_ENABLED': True})
+            ),
+            HttpCompressionMiddleware
+        )
+
     def test_process_request(self):
         request = Request('http://scrapytest.org')
         assert 'Accept-Encoding' not in request.headers
@@ -72,6 +105,20 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         assert newresponse is not response
         assert newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE')
         assert 'Content-Encoding' not in newresponse.headers
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 74837)
+
+    def test_process_response_gzip_no_stats(self):
+        mw = HttpCompressionMiddleware()
+        response = self._getresponse('gzip')
+        request = response.request
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.headers['Content-Encoding'], b'gzip')
+        newresponse = mw.process_response(request, response, self.spider)
+        self.assertEqual(mw.stats, None)
+        assert newresponse is not response
+        assert newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE')
+        assert 'Content-Encoding' not in newresponse.headers
 
     def test_process_response_br(self):
         try:
@@ -85,6 +132,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         assert newresponse is not response
         assert newresponse.body.startswith(b"<!DOCTYPE")
         assert 'Content-Encoding' not in newresponse.headers
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 74837)
 
     def test_process_response_zstd(self):
         try:
@@ -116,6 +165,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         assert newresponse is not response
         assert newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE')
         assert 'Content-Encoding' not in newresponse.headers
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 74840)
 
     def test_process_response_zlibdelate(self):
         response = self._getresponse('zlibdeflate')
@@ -126,6 +177,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         assert newresponse is not response
         assert newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE')
         assert 'Content-Encoding' not in newresponse.headers
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 74840)
 
     def test_process_response_plain(self):
         response = Response('http://scrapytest.org', body=b'<!DOCTYPE...')
@@ -135,6 +188,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         newresponse = self.mw.process_response(request, response, self.spider)
         assert newresponse is response
         assert newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE')
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', None)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', None)
 
     def test_multipleencodings(self):
         response = self._getresponse('gzip')
@@ -162,6 +217,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         assert isinstance(newresponse, HtmlResponse)
         self.assertEqual(newresponse.body, plainbody)
         self.assertEqual(newresponse.encoding, resolve_encoding('gb2312'))
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 104)
 
     def test_process_response_force_recalculate_encoding(self):
         headers = {
@@ -181,6 +238,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         assert isinstance(newresponse, HtmlResponse)
         self.assertEqual(newresponse.body, plainbody)
         self.assertEqual(newresponse.encoding, resolve_encoding('gb2312'))
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 104)
 
     def test_process_response_no_content_type_header(self):
         headers = {
@@ -196,6 +255,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         assert isinstance(newresponse, respcls)
         self.assertEqual(newresponse.body, plainbody)
         self.assertEqual(newresponse.encoding, resolve_encoding('gb2312'))
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 104)
 
     def test_process_response_gzipped_contenttype(self):
         response = self._getresponse('gzip')
@@ -206,6 +267,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         self.assertIsNot(newresponse, response)
         self.assertTrue(newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE'))
         self.assertNotIn('Content-Encoding', newresponse.headers)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 74837)
 
     def test_process_response_gzip_app_octetstream_contenttype(self):
         response = self._getresponse('gzip')
@@ -216,6 +279,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         self.assertIsNot(newresponse, response)
         self.assertTrue(newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE'))
         self.assertNotIn('Content-Encoding', newresponse.headers)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 74837)
 
     def test_process_response_gzip_binary_octetstream_contenttype(self):
         response = self._getresponse('x-gzip')
@@ -226,6 +291,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         self.assertIsNot(newresponse, response)
         self.assertTrue(newresponse.body.startswith(b'<!DOCTYPE'))
         self.assertNotIn('Content-Encoding', newresponse.headers)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 74837)
 
     def test_process_response_gzipped_gzip_file(self):
         """Test that a gzip Content-Encoded .gz file is gunzipped
@@ -268,6 +335,8 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
 
         newresponse = self.mw.process_response(request, response, self.spider)
         self.assertEqual(gunzip(newresponse.body), plainbody)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', 1)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', 230)
 
     def test_process_response_head_request_no_decode_required(self):
         response = self._getresponse('gzip')
@@ -278,3 +347,32 @@ class HttpCompressionTest(TestCase):
         newresponse = self.mw.process_response(request, response, self.spider)
         self.assertIs(newresponse, response)
         self.assertEqual(response.body, b'')
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_count', None)
+        self.assertStatsEqual('httpcompression/response_bytes', None)
+
+
+class HttpCompressionSubclassTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_init_missing_stats(self):
+        class HttpCompressionMiddlewareSubclass(HttpCompressionMiddleware):
+
+            def __init__(self):
+                super().__init__()
+
+        crawler = get_crawler(Spider)
+        with catch_warnings(record=True) as caught_warnings:
+            HttpCompressionMiddlewareSubclass.from_crawler(crawler)
+        messages = tuple(
+            str(warning.message) for warning in caught_warnings
+            if warning.category is ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            messages,
+            (
+                (
+                    "HttpCompressionMiddleware subclasses must either modify "
+                    "their '__init__' method to support a 'stats' parameter "
+                    "or reimplement the 'from_crawler' method."
+                ),
+            )
+        )