diff --git a/contrib/adaptive-compression/Makefile b/contrib/adaptive-compression/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12607edff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/adaptive-compression/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+ZSTDDIR = ../../lib
+ZSTDCOMMON_FILES := $(ZSTDDIR)/common/*.c
+ZSTDCOMP_FILES   := $(ZSTDDIR)/compress/*.c
+ZSTDDECOMP_FILES := $(ZSTDDIR)/decompress/*.c
+ZSTD_FILES  := $(ZSTDDECOMP_FILES) $(ZSTDCOMMON_FILES) $(ZSTDCOMP_FILES)
+
+DEBUGFLAGS= -g -DZSTD_DEBUG=1
+CPPFLAGS += -I$(ZSTDDIR) -I$(ZSTDDIR)/common -I$(ZSTDDIR)/compress \
+            -I$(ZSTDDIR)/dictBuilder -I$(ZSTDDIR)/deprecated -I$(PRGDIR)
+CFLAGS   ?= -O3
+CFLAGS   += -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wshadow                 \
+            -Wstrict-aliasing=1 -Wswitch-enum -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
+            -Wstrict-prototypes -Wundef -Wformat-security                   \
+            -Wvla -Wformat=2 -Winit-self -Wfloat-equal -Wwrite-strings      \
+            -Wredundant-decls
+CFLAGS   += $(DEBUGFLAGS)
+CFLAGS   += $(MOREFLAGS)
+FLAGS     = $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+adaptive: $(ZSTD_FILES) v1.c
+	$(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@
+
+clean:
+	@$(RM) -f adaptive
+	@$(RM) -f tmp*
diff --git a/contrib/adaptive-compression/v1.c b/contrib/adaptive-compression/v1.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef8062d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/adaptive-compression/v1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#define DISPLAY(...) fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define FILE_CHUNK_SIZE 4 << 20
+typedef unsigned char BYTE;
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "zstd.h"
+
+
+
+/* return 0 if successful, else return error */
+int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
+{
+    const char* const srcFilename = argv[1];
+    const char* const dstFilename = argv[2];
+    FILE* const srcFile = fopen(srcFilename, "rb");
+    FILE* const dstFile = fopen(dstFilename, "wb");
+    BYTE* const src = malloc(FILE_CHUNK_SIZE);
+    size_t const dstSize = ZSTD_compressBound(FILE_CHUNK_SIZE);
+    BYTE* const dst = malloc(dstSize);
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    /* checking for errors */
+    if (!srcFilename || !dstFilename || !src || !dst) {
+        DISPLAY("Error: initial variables could not be allocated\n");
+        ret = 1;
+         goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    /* compressing in blocks */
+    for ( ; ; ) {
+        size_t const readSize = fread(src, 1, FILE_CHUNK_SIZE, srcFile);
+        if (readSize != FILE_CHUNK_SIZE && !feof(srcFile)) {
+            DISPLAY("Error: could not read %d bytes\n", FILE_CHUNK_SIZE);
+            ret = 1;
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+        {
+            size_t const compressedSize = ZSTD_compress(dst, dstSize, src, readSize, 6);
+            if (ZSTD_isError(compressedSize)) {
+                DISPLAY("Error: something went wrong during compression\n");
+                ret = 1;
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            {
+                size_t const writeSize = fwrite(dst, 1, compressedSize, dstFile);
+                if (writeSize != compressedSize) {
+                    DISPLAY("Error: could not write compressed data to file\n");
+                    ret = 1;
+                    goto cleanup;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (feof(srcFile)) {
+            /* reached end of file */
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* file compression completed */
+    {
+        int const error = fclose(srcFile);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            DISPLAY("Error: could not close the file\n");
+            ret = error;
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+    }
+cleanup:
+    if (src != NULL) free(src);
+    if (dst != NULL) free(dst);
+    return ret;
+}