1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5D.c b/src/H5D.c
index a49727a..45ed334 100644
--- a/src/H5D.c
+++ b/src/H5D.c
@@ -969,6 +969,14 @@ H5D_open(H5G_t *loc, const char *name)
 	HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTINIT, NULL,
 		    "unable to load type or space info from dataset header");
     }
+
+    /* Get the optional compression message */
+    if (NULL==H5O_read (&(dataset->ent), H5O_COMPRESS, 0,
+			&(dataset->create_parms->compress))) {
+	H5E_clear ();
+	HDmemset (&(dataset->create_parms->compress), 0,
+		  sizeof(dataset->create_parms->compress));
+    }
     
     /*
      * Get the raw data layout info.  It's actually stored in two locations: