diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-jobsite-manager/main.go b/cmd/osbuild-jobsite-manager/main.go
index 4255c1fa7..7461ff84d 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-jobsite-manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-jobsite-manager/main.go
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ func Request(method string, path string, body []byte) (*http.Response, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Don't accept any compression on the return value; it intermittently leads to unexpected EOFs during the larger
+	// download when the exports are requested.
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "identity")
+
 	logrus.Debugf("Request: Making a %s request to %s", method, url)
 
 	for {