diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7bac4ee47e..e45e4f02b7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #4909 central column with multiple server
 - bug #4937 Custom export with backquotes off is not working
 - bug #4908 Reverse proxy: infinite internal redirect (added warning in doc)
+- bug #4942 Export to gzip saves plain text under Chrome
 
 4.4.8.0 (2015-05-28)
 - bug       Allow accessing visual query builder when pmadb is not configured
diff --git a/libraries/core.lib.php b/libraries/core.lib.php
index 4add6f4680..a31f29dbe9 100644
--- a/libraries/core.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/core.lib.php
@@ -709,7 +709,9 @@ function PMA_downloadHeader($filename, $mimetype, $length = 0, $no_cache = true)
     header('Content-Type: ' . $mimetype);
     // inform the server that compression has been done,
     // to avoid a double compression (for example with Apache + mod_deflate)
-    if (strpos($mimetype, 'gzip') !== false) {
+    $notChromeOrLessThan43 = PMA_USR_BROWSER_AGENT != 'CHROME' // see bug #4942
+        || (PMA_USR_BROWSER_AGENT == 'CHROME' && PMA_USR_BROWSER_VER < 43);
+    if (strpos($mimetype, 'gzip') !== false && $notChromeOrLessThan43) {
         header('Content-Encoding: gzip');
     }
     header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
diff --git a/libraries/export.lib.php b/libraries/export.lib.php
index a345b64744..a8c598cf87 100644
--- a/libraries/export.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/export.lib.php
@@ -54,10 +54,14 @@ function PMA_gzencodeNeeded()
      * and gz compression was not asked via $cfg['OBGzip']
      * but transparent compression does not apply when saving to server
      */
+    $chromeAndGreaterThan43 = PMA_USR_BROWSER_AGENT == 'CHROME'
+        && PMA_USR_BROWSER_VER >= 43; // see bug #4942
+
     if (@function_exists('gzencode')
         && ((! @ini_get('zlib.output_compression')
         && ! PMA_isGzHandlerEnabled())
-        || $GLOBALS['save_on_server'])
+        || $GLOBALS['save_on_server']
+        || $chromeAndGreaterThan43)
     ) {
         return true;
     } else {