diff --git a/SabreTools.Serialization/Deserializers/BaseBinaryDeserializer.cs b/SabreTools.Serialization/Deserializers/BaseBinaryDeserializer.cs
index 1d578164..78231bce 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Serialization/Deserializers/BaseBinaryDeserializer.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Serialization/Deserializers/BaseBinaryDeserializer.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Deserializers
         IFileDeserializer<TModel>,
         IStreamDeserializer<TModel>
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates if compressed files should be decompressed before processing
+        /// </summary>
+        protected virtual bool SkipCompression => false;
+
         #region IByteDeserializer
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Deserializers
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public virtual TModel? Deserialize(string? path)
         {
-            using var stream = PathProcessor.OpenStream(path);
+            using var stream = PathProcessor.OpenStream(path, SkipCompression);
             return DeserializeStream(stream);
         }