2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
index 89d9d635af..6367bea092 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
@@ -269,10 +269,11 @@ static void SendRpc(grpc::cpp::test::util::TestService::Stub* stub,
                     int num_rpcs) {
   EchoRequest request;
   EchoResponse response;
-  request.set_message("Hello");
+  request.set_message("Hello hello hello hello");
 
   for (int i = 0; i < num_rpcs; ++i) {
     ClientContext context;
+    context._experimental_set_compression_algorithm(GRPC_COMPRESS_GZIP);
     Status s = stub->Echo(&context, request, &response);
     EXPECT_EQ(response.message(), request.message());
     EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());
diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/generic_end2end_test.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/generic_end2end_test.cc
index b9d47b32de..8fe0d6886a 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/generic_end2end_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/generic_end2end_test.cc
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ TEST_F(GenericEnd2endTest, SimpleBidiStreaming) {
   GenericServerContext srv_ctx;
   GenericServerAsyncReaderWriter srv_stream(&srv_ctx);
 
+  cli_ctx._experimental_set_compression_algorithm(GRPC_COMPRESS_GZIP);
   send_request.set_message("Hello");
   std::unique_ptr<GenericClientAsyncReaderWriter> cli_stream =
       generic_stub_->Call(&cli_ctx, kMethodName, &cli_cq_, tag(1));