diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackInitialization.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackInitialization.java
index 22bf89490..2a5b79c6a 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackInitialization.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackInitialization.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public final class SmackInitialization {
         }
 
         // Add the Java7 compression handler first, since it's preferred
-        SmackConfiguration.compressionHandlers.add(new Java7ZlibInputOutputStream());
+        SmackConfiguration.addCompressionHandler(new Java7ZlibInputOutputStream());
 
         XmppCompressionManager.registerXmppCompressionFactory(ZlibXmppCompressionFactory.INSTANCE);