diff --git a/src/argparse.go b/src/argparse.go
index 0131fc7..1a29c3c 100644
--- a/src/argparse.go
+++ b/src/argparse.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func parseArgs() {
 		}),
 		kong.Vars{
 			"curdir":             curdir,
-			"compressionFormats": "gz,lz4,snappy,xz",
+			"compressionFormats": "brotli,gz,lz4,snappy,xz",
 		},
 	)
 	CLI.SubCommand = ctx.Command()
diff --git a/src/fileaxe/compression.go b/src/fileaxe/compression.go
index 1a865af..f2685d0 100644
--- a/src/fileaxe/compression.go
+++ b/src/fileaxe/compression.go
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ func (fa FileAxe) compressFile(sourceFile FileInfo, target, compressionFormat st
 		},
 		Archival: archiver.Tar{},
 	}
+	if compressionFormat == "brotli" {
+		format = archiver.CompressedArchive{
+			Compression: archiver.Brotli{},
+			Archival:    archiver.Tar{},
+		}
+	}
 	if compressionFormat == "lz4" {
 		format = archiver.CompressedArchive{
 			Compression: archiver.Lz4{},