diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
index 03426799..2e27e6b6 100644
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ enum { QueuePrealloc = 256 * 1024 };
 
 static Profiler* s_instance;
 static Thread* s_thread;
+static Thread* s_compressThread;
 
 #ifdef TRACY_DELAYED_INIT
 struct ThreadNameData;
@@ -991,6 +992,10 @@ Profiler::Profiler()
     new(s_thread) Thread( LaunchWorker, this );
     SetThreadName( s_thread->Handle(), "Tracy Profiler" );
 
+    s_compressThread = (Thread*)tracy_malloc( sizeof( Thread ) );
+    new(s_compressThread) Thread( LaunchCompressWorker, this );
+    SetThreadName( s_compressThread->Handle(), "Tracy Profiler ETC1" );
+
 #if defined PTW32_VERSION
     s_profilerThreadId = pthread_getw32threadid_np( s_thread->Handle() );
 #elif defined __WINPTHREADS_VERSION
@@ -1027,6 +1032,8 @@ Profiler::Profiler()
 Profiler::~Profiler()
 {
     m_shutdown.store( true, std::memory_order_relaxed );
+    s_compressThread->~Thread();
+    tracy_free( s_compressThread );
     s_thread->~Thread();
     tracy_free( s_thread );
 
@@ -1394,6 +1401,11 @@ void Profiler::Worker()
     }
 }
 
+void Profiler::CompressWorker()
+{
+
+}
+
 static void FreeAssociatedMemory( const QueueItem& item )
 {
     if( item.hdr.idx >= (int)QueueType::Terminate ) return;
diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.hpp b/client/TracyProfiler.hpp
index 8c3a2203..2b6a633d 100644
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.hpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.hpp
@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@ private:
     static void LaunchWorker( void* ptr ) { ((Profiler*)ptr)->Worker(); }
     void Worker();
 
+    static void LaunchCompressWorker( void* ptr ) { ((Profiler*)ptr)->CompressWorker(); }
+    void CompressWorker();
+
     void ClearQueues( tracy::moodycamel::ConsumerToken& token );
     DequeueStatus Dequeue( tracy::moodycamel::ConsumerToken& token );
     DequeueStatus DequeueSerial();