diff --git a/go/pkg/chunker/chunker.go b/go/pkg/chunker/chunker.go
index 57fbb362c..d3c75cd83 100644
--- a/go/pkg/chunker/chunker.go
+++ b/go/pkg/chunker/chunker.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var IOBufferSize = 10 * 1024 * 1024
 var ErrEOF = errors.New("ErrEOF")
 
 // Compressor for full blobs
-var fullCompressor *zstd.Encoder
+var fullCompressor, _ = zstd.NewWriter(nil)
 
 // Chunker can be used to chunk an input into uploadable-size byte slices.
 // A single Chunker is NOT thread-safe; it should be used by a single uploader thread.
@@ -45,20 +45,36 @@ type Chunker struct {
 	compressed bool
 }
 
-// NewFromBlob initializes a Chunker from the provided bytes buffer.
-func NewFromBlob(blob []byte, chunkSize int) *Chunker {
+func NewChunkerFromBlob(blob []byte, chunkSize int, compressed bool) *Chunker {
 	if chunkSize < 1 {
 		chunkSize = DefaultChunkSize
 	}
-	contents := make([]byte, len(blob))
-	copy(contents, blob)
+	var contents []byte
+	if compressed {
+		contents = fullCompressor.EncodeAll(blob, nil)
+	} else {
+		contents = make([]byte, len(blob))
+		copy(contents, blob)
+	}
 	return &Chunker{
-		contents:  contents,
-		chunkSize: chunkSize,
-		digest:    digest.NewFromBlob(blob),
+		compressed: compressed,
+		contents:   contents,
+		chunkSize:  chunkSize,
+		digest:     digest.NewFromBlob(blob),
 	}
 }
 
+// NewFromBlob initializes a Chunker from the provided bytes buffer.
+func NewFromBlob(blob []byte, chunkSize int) *Chunker {
+	return NewChunkerFromBlob(blob, chunkSize, false)
+}
+
+// NewCompressedFromBlob initializes a Chunker from the provided bytes buffer, but it compresses
+// the bytes first.
+func NewCompressedFromBlob(blob []byte, chunkSize int) *Chunker {
+	return NewChunkerFromBlob(blob, chunkSize, true)
+}
+
 // NewFromFile initializes a Chunker from the provided file.
 // The provided Digest does NOT have to match the contents of the file! It is
 // for informational purposes only. Chunker won't check Digest information at
@@ -79,6 +95,7 @@ func NewCompressedFromFile(path string, dg digest.Digest, chunkSize int) (*Chunk
 	}
 	c := NewFromReader(r, dg, chunkSize)
 	c.path = path
+	c.compressed = true
 	return c, nil
 }
 
@@ -99,47 +116,22 @@ func NewFromReader(r reader.ReadSeeker, dg digest.Digest, chunkSize int) *Chunke
 	}
 }
 
-// CompressChunker will, if possible, modify the chunker so it'll return compressed
-// reads instead. This is irreversible.
-func CompressChunker(ch *Chunker) error {
-	var err error
-	if fullCompressor == nil {
-		fullCompressor, err = zstd.NewWriter(nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if ch.compressed {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if ch.contents != nil {
-		ch.contents = fullCompressor.EncodeAll(ch.contents, nil)
-		ch.compressed = true
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if ch.r != nil {
-		cmpR, err := reader.NewCompressedSeeker(ch.r)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		ch.r = cmpR
-		ch.compressed = true
-		return nil
+func NewChunkerFromProto(msg proto.Message, chunkSize int, compressed bool) (*Chunker, error) {
+	blob, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	return errors.New("Provided Chunker is invalid")
+	return NewChunkerFromBlob(blob, chunkSize, compressed), nil
 }
 
 // NewFromProto initializes a Chunker from the marshalled proto message.
 func NewFromProto(msg proto.Message, chunkSize int) (*Chunker, error) {
-	blob, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return NewFromBlob(blob, chunkSize), nil
+	return NewChunkerFromProto(msg, chunkSize, false)
+}
+
+// NewCompressedFromProto initializes a Chunker from the marshalled proto message, but compresses the data.
+func NewCompressedFromProto(msg proto.Message, chunkSize int, compressed bool) (*Chunker, error) {
+	return NewChunkerFromProto(msg, chunkSize, true)
 }
 
 // String returns an identifiable representation of the Chunker.