diff --git a/CHANGES/3751.feature b/CHANGES/3751.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50c32149bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/3751.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added ``auto_decompress`` parameter to ``ClientSession.request`` to override ``ClientSession._auto_decompress``. -- by :user:`Daste745`
diff --git a/aiohttp/client.py b/aiohttp/client.py
index b8c0e429495..c40745771cb 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client.py
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ async def _request(
         proxy_headers: Optional[LooseHeaders] = None,
         trace_request_ctx: Optional[SimpleNamespace] = None,
         read_bufsize: Optional[int] = None,
+        auto_decompress: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> ClientResponse:
 
         # NOTE: timeout clamps existing connect and read timeouts.  We cannot
@@ -411,6 +412,9 @@ async def _request(
         if read_bufsize is None:
             read_bufsize = self._read_bufsize
 
+        if auto_decompress is None:
+            auto_decompress = self._auto_decompress
+
         traces = [
             Trace(
                 self,
@@ -512,7 +516,7 @@ async def _request(
                         timer=timer,
                         skip_payload=method.upper() == "HEAD",
                         read_until_eof=read_until_eof,
-                        auto_decompress=self._auto_decompress,
+                        auto_decompress=auto_decompress,
                         read_timeout=real_timeout.sock_read,
                         read_bufsize=read_bufsize,
                         timeout_ceil_threshold=self._connector._timeout_ceil_threshold,
diff --git a/docs/client_reference.rst b/docs/client_reference.rst
index 5c28f4d0d3a..2aec76a7b2f 100644
--- a/docs/client_reference.rst
+++ b/docs/client_reference.rst
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ The client session supports the context manager protocol for self closing.
       connection pool between sessions without sharing session state:
       cookies etc.
 
-   :param bool auto_decompress: Automatically decompress response body,
-       ``True`` by default
+   :param bool auto_decompress: Automatically decompress response body (``True`` by default).
 
       .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -338,7 +337,8 @@ The client session supports the context manager protocol for self closing.
                          proxy=None, proxy_auth=None,\
                          timeout=sentinel, ssl=None, \
                          verify_ssl=None, fingerprint=None, \
-                         ssl_context=None, proxy_headers=None)
+                         ssl_context=None, proxy_headers=None, \
+                         auto_decompress=None)
       :async-with:
       :coroutine:
       :noindexentry:
@@ -510,6 +510,10 @@ The client session supports the context manager protocol for self closing.
 
          .. versionadded:: 3.0
 
+      :param bool auto_decompress: Automatically decompress response body.
+         Overrides :attr:`ClientSession.auto_decompress`.
+         May be used to disable auto decompression on a per-request basis.
+
       :return ClientResponse: a :class:`client response <ClientResponse>`
          object.