diff --git a/resources/pocketmine.yml b/resources/pocketmine.yml
index ac60afe53..408b5b95b 100644
--- a/resources/pocketmine.yml
+++ b/resources/pocketmine.yml
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ network:
   batch-threshold: 256
   #Compression level used when sending batched packets. Higher = more CPU, less bandwidth usage
   compression-level: 6
-  #Use AsyncTasks for compression. Adds half/one tick delay, less CPU load on main thread
+  #Use AsyncTasks for compression during the main game session. Increases latency, but may reduce main thread load
   async-compression: false
+  #Threshold for async compression, in bytes. Only packets larger than this will be compressed asynchronously
+  #Due to large overhead of AsyncTask, async compression isn't worth it except for large packets
+  async-compression-threshold: 10000
   #Experimental. Use UPnP to automatically port forward
   upnp-forwarding: false
   #Maximum size in bytes of packets sent over the network (default 1492 bytes). Packets larger than this will be
diff --git a/src/Server.php b/src/Server.php
index a81b1d74b..11a2b157a 100644
--- a/src/Server.php
+++ b/src/Server.php
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ class Server{
 	private const TICKS_PER_TPS_OVERLOAD_WARNING = 5 * self::TARGET_TICKS_PER_SECOND;
 	private const TICKS_PER_STATS_REPORT = 300 * self::TARGET_TICKS_PER_SECOND;
 
+	private const DEFAULT_ASYNC_COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD = 10_000;
+
 	private static ?Server $instance = null;
 
 	private TimeTrackingSleeperHandler $tickSleeper;
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ class Server{
 
 	private Network $network;
 	private bool $networkCompressionAsync = true;
+	private int $networkCompressionAsyncThreshold = self::DEFAULT_ASYNC_COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD;
 
 	private Language $language;
 	private bool $forceLanguage = false;
@@ -908,6 +911,10 @@ class Server{
 			ZlibCompressor::setInstance(new ZlibCompressor($netCompressionLevel, $netCompressionThreshold, ZlibCompressor::DEFAULT_MAX_DECOMPRESSION_SIZE));
 
 			$this->networkCompressionAsync = $this->configGroup->getPropertyBool("network.async-compression", true);
+			$this->networkCompressionAsyncThreshold = max(
+				$this->configGroup->getPropertyInt("network.async-compression-threshold", self::DEFAULT_ASYNC_COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD),
+				$netCompressionThreshold ?? self::DEFAULT_ASYNC_COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD
+			);
 
 			EncryptionContext::$ENABLED = $this->configGroup->getPropertyBool("network.enable-encryption", true);
 
@@ -1375,7 +1382,7 @@ class Server{
 			}
 
 			$promise = new CompressBatchPromise();
-			if(!$sync){
+			if(!$sync && strlen($buffer) >= $this->networkCompressionAsyncThreshold){
 				$task = new CompressBatchTask($buffer, $promise, $compressor);
 				$this->asyncPool->submitTask($task);
 			}else{