diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38ef80e8..1293e9ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 /cdrom/netinit
 /cdrom/mod/*
 /cdrom/ramdisk.img
+/cdrom/ramdisk.igz
 /cdrom/boot.sys
 /cdrom/fat.img
 /fatbase/extra
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 /fatbase/netinit
 /fatbase/mod/*
 /fatbase/ramdisk.img
+/fatbase/ramdisk.igz
 /fatbase/efi/boot/bootia32.efi
 /util/tarballs
 /util/build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c5c80ac5..5f41e9be 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ TARGET_TRIPLET=i686-pc-toaru
 CC=$(TARGET_TRIPLET)-gcc
 AR=$(TARGET_TRIPLET)-ar
 AS=$(TARGET_TRIPLET)-as
-CFLAGS= -O3 -g -std=gnu99 -I. -Iapps -pipe -mmmx -msse -msse2 -fplan9-extensions -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter
+CFLAGS= -O3 -s -std=gnu99 -I. -Iapps -pipe -mmmx -msse -msse2 -fplan9-extensions -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter
 
 ##
 # C library objects from libc/ C sources (and setjmp, which is assembly)
@@ -259,8 +259,10 @@ base/bin/%.krk: apps/%.krk
 	chmod +x $@
 
 # Ramdisk
-fatbase/ramdisk.img: ${RAMDISK_FILES} $(shell find base) Makefile util/createramdisk.py | dirs
+fatbase/ramdisk.igz: ${RAMDISK_FILES} $(shell find base) Makefile util/createramdisk.py | dirs
 	python3 util/createramdisk.py
+	gzip -c fatbase/ramdisk.img > fatbase/ramdisk.igz
+	rm fatbase/ramdisk.img
 
 # CD image
 
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ EFI_UPDATE=util/update-extents.py
 
 image.iso: ${EFI_BOOT} cdrom/boot.sys fatbase/netinit ${MODULES} util/update-extents.py
 	xorriso -as mkisofs -R -J -c bootcat \
-	  -b boot.sys -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 24 \
+	  -b boot.sys -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size full \
 	  ${EFI_XORRISO} \
 	  -o image.iso cdrom
 	${EFI_UPDATE}
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ image.iso: ${EFI_BOOT} cdrom/boot.sys fatbase/netinit ${MODULES} util/update-ext
 # This is the filesystem the EFI loaders see, so it must contain
 # the kernel, modules, and ramdisk, plus anything else we want
 # available to the bootloader (eg., netinit).
-cdrom/fat.img: fatbase/ramdisk.img ${MODULES} fatbase/kernel fatbase/netinit fatbase/efi/boot/bootia32.efi fatbase/efi/boot/bootx64.efi util/mkdisk.sh | dirs
+cdrom/fat.img: fatbase/ramdisk.igz ${MODULES} fatbase/kernel fatbase/netinit fatbase/efi/boot/bootia32.efi fatbase/efi/boot/bootx64.efi util/mkdisk.sh | dirs
 	util/mkdisk.sh $@ fatbase
 
 ##
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ cdrom/boot.sys: boot/boot.o boot/cstuff.o boot/link.ld | dirs
 	${KLD} -T boot/link.ld -o $@ boot/boot.o boot/cstuff.o
 
 boot/cstuff.o: boot/cstuff.c boot/*.h
-	${CC} -c -Os -o $@ $<
+	${CC} -c -Os -s -o $@ $<
 
 boot/boot.o: boot/boot.S
 	${AS} -o $@ $<
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f ${APPS_X} ${APPS_SH_X}
 	rm -f libc/*.o libc/*/*.o
 	rm -f image.iso
-	rm -f fatbase/ramdisk.img
+	rm -f fatbase/ramdisk.img fatbase/ramdisk.igz
 	rm -f cdrom/boot.sys
 	rm -f boot/*.o
 	rm -f boot/*.efi
diff --git a/boot/cstuff.c b/boot/cstuff.c
index 8a58affa..0d7128a1 100644
--- a/boot/cstuff.c
+++ b/boot/cstuff.c
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ EFI_HANDLE ImageHandleIn;
 #  include "types.h"
 #endif
 
+#define _BOOT_LOADER
+struct huff_ring;
+struct inflate_context {
+	void * input_priv;
+	void * output_priv;
+	uint8_t (*get_input)(struct inflate_context * ctx);
+	void (*write_output)(struct inflate_context * ctx, unsigned int sym);
+	int bit_buffer;
+	int buffer_size;
+	struct huff_ring * ring;
+};
+#include "../lib/inflate.c"
 #include "ata.h"
 #include "text.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -49,7 +61,7 @@ EFI_HANDLE ImageHandleIn;
 
 char * module_dir = "MOD";
 char * kernel_path = "KERNEL.";
-char * ramdisk_path = "RAMDISK.IMG";
+char * ramdisk_path = "RAMDISK.IGZ";
 
 #ifdef EFI_PLATFORM
 int _efi_do_mode_set = 0;
diff --git a/boot/moremultiboot.h b/boot/moremultiboot.h
index 75a8ad51..3c9c7af7 100644
--- a/boot/moremultiboot.h
+++ b/boot/moremultiboot.h
@@ -418,6 +418,19 @@ done_video:
 		);
 #endif
 
+static uint8_t _get(struct inflate_context * ctx) {
+	uint8_t * x = ctx->input_priv;
+	uint8_t out = *x++;
+	ctx->input_priv = (void*)x;
+	return out;
+}
+
+static void _write(struct inflate_context * ctx, unsigned int sym) {
+	uint8_t * x = ctx->output_priv;
+	*x++ = (uint8_t)sym;
+	ctx->output_priv = (void*)x;
+}
+
 #ifndef EFI_PLATFORM
 static void do_it(struct ata_device * _device) {
 	device = _device;
@@ -480,30 +493,45 @@ done:
 			if (navigate(ramdisk_path)) {
 				//clear_();
 				ramdisk_off = KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset;
-				ramdisk_len = dir_entry->extent_length_LSB;
-				modules_mboot[multiboot_header.mods_count-1].mod_start = ramdisk_off;
-				modules_mboot[multiboot_header.mods_count-1].mod_end = ramdisk_off + ramdisk_len;
 
 				print_("Loading ramdisk");
 
 				int i = dir_entry->extent_start_LSB;
 				int sectors = dir_entry->extent_length_LSB / 2048 + 1;
+				size_t off = 0;
+#define RAMDISK_OFFSET 0x5000000
 #define SECTORS 512
 				while (sectors >= SECTORS) {
 					print_(".");
-					ata_device_read_sectors_atapi(device, i, (uint8_t *)KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset, SECTORS);
+					ata_device_read_sectors_atapi(device, i, (uint8_t *)RAMDISK_OFFSET + off, SECTORS);
 
 					sectors -= SECTORS;
-					offset += 2048 * SECTORS;
+					off += 2048 * SECTORS;
 					i += SECTORS;
 				}
 				if (sectors > 0) {
 					print_("!");
-					ata_device_read_sectors_atapi(device, i, (uint8_t *)KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset, sectors);
-					offset += 2048 * sectors;
+					ata_device_read_sectors_atapi(device, i, (uint8_t *)RAMDISK_OFFSET + off, sectors);
+					off += 2048 * sectors;
 				}
 
-				final_offset = (uint8_t *)KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset;
+				struct inflate_context ctx;
+				ctx.input_priv = (char *)RAMDISK_OFFSET;
+				ctx.output_priv = (char *)ramdisk_off;
+				ctx.get_input = _get;
+				ctx.write_output = _write;
+				ctx.ring = NULL; /* Use the global one */
+				print_("\nDecompressing ramdisk... ");
+				if (gzip_decompress(&ctx)) {
+					print_("Failed?\n");
+				}
+				ramdisk_len = (uint32_t)ctx.output_priv - ramdisk_off;
+
+				modules_mboot[multiboot_header.mods_count-1].mod_start = ramdisk_off;
+				modules_mboot[multiboot_header.mods_count-1].mod_end = ramdisk_off + ramdisk_len;
+
+				final_offset = ((uint8_t *)ctx.output_priv) + ((uintptr_t)ctx.output_priv) % 4096;
+
 				set_attr(0x07);
 				print("Done.\n");
 				move_kernel();
@@ -868,12 +896,24 @@ _try_module_again:
 		status = uefi_call_wrapper(root->Open,
 				5, root, &file, name, EFI_FILE_MODE_READ, 0);
 		if (!EFI_ERROR(status)) {
+#define RAMDISK_OFFSET 0x5000000
 			status = uefi_call_wrapper(file->Read,
-					3, file, &bytes, (void *)(KERNEL_LOAD_START + (uintptr_t)offset));
+					3, file, &bytes, (void *)(RAMDISK_OFFSET));
 			if (!EFI_ERROR(status)) {
+				struct inflate_context ctx;
+				ctx.input_priv = (char *)RAMDISK_OFFSET;
+				ctx.output_priv = (char *)KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset;
+				ctx.get_input = _get;
+				ctx.write_output = _write;
+				ctx.ring = NULL; /* Use the global one */
+				print_("\nDecompressing ramdisk... ");
+				if (gzip_decompress(&ctx)) {
+					print_("Failed?\n");
+				}
+
 				print_("Loaded "); print_(c); print_("\n");
 				modules_mboot[multiboot_header.mods_count-1].mod_start = KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset;
-				modules_mboot[multiboot_header.mods_count-1].mod_end = KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset + bytes;
+				modules_mboot[multiboot_header.mods_count-1].mod_end = (uintptr_t)ctx.output_priv;
 				offset += bytes;
 				while (offset % 4096) offset++;
 				final_offset = (uint8_t *)KERNEL_LOAD_START + offset;
diff --git a/util/mkdisk.sh b/util/mkdisk.sh
index 164615de..cf1ba48d 100755
--- a/util/mkdisk.sh
+++ b/util/mkdisk.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ SPACE_REQ=$(du -sb "$DIR/../fatbase" | cut -f 1)
 let "SIZE = ($SPACE_REQ / 1000000)"
 
 # Minimum size
-if [ $SIZE -lt 24 ]; then
-    SIZE=24
+if [ $SIZE -lt 14 ]; then
+    SIZE=14
 fi
 
 # Use more sectors-per-cluster for larger disk sizes