diff --git a/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in b/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
index 1bcde6154..08ab4dc8c 100644
--- a/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
+++ b/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ CoverageCommand: @COVERAGE_COMMAND@
 GunzipCommand: @GUNZIPCOMMAND@
 CompressionCommand: @COMPRESSIONCOMMAND@
 CompressionType: @COMPRESSIONCOMMAND@
+CompressSubmission: @COMPRESS_SUBMISSION@
 
 # Testing options
 # TimeOut is the amount of time in seconds to wait for processes
diff --git a/Source/cmCTest.cxx b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
index 7a62cfea2..f3fbb4194 100644
--- a/Source/cmCTest.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ void cmCTest::UpdateCTestConfiguration()
   if ( m_DartMode )
     {
     m_TimeOut = atoi(m_DartConfiguration["TimeOut"].c_str());
+    m_CompressXMLFiles = cmSystemTools::IsOn(m_DartConfiguration["CompressSubmission"].c_str());
     }
 }