diff --git a/ci-automation/vms.sh b/ci-automation/vms.sh
index 8c86f67b2a..79156b4d69 100644
--- a/ci-automation/vms.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/vms.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ function _vm_build_impl() {
             COMPRESSION_FORMAT="zip"
         elif [[ "${format}" =~ ^(scaleway|kubevirt)$ ]];then
             COMPRESSION_FORMAT="none"
+        elif [[ "${format}" =~ ^(akamai)$ ]];then
+            COMPRESSION_FORMAT="gz"
         fi
         ./run_sdk_container -n "${vms_container}" -C "${packages_image}" \
             -v "${vernum}" \