diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/ssl/SecureNetty4HttpServerTransport.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/ssl/SecureNetty4HttpServerTransport.java
index 978c92870bd75..e3a6dbb4c57b5 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/ssl/SecureNetty4HttpServerTransport.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/ssl/SecureNetty4HttpServerTransport.java
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
  * @see <a href="https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/blob/d526c9f6c2a438c14db8b413148204510b9fe2e2/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/http/netty/SecuritySSLNettyHttpServerTransport.java">SecuritySSLNettyHttpServerTransport</a>
  */
 public class SecureNetty4HttpServerTransport extends Netty4HttpServerTransport {
-    public static final String REQUEST_HEADER_VERIFIER = "HeaderVerifier";
-    public static final String REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR = "RequestDecompressor";
+    public static final String REQUEST_HEADER_VERIFIER = SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.REQUEST_HEADER_VERIFIER;
+    public static final String REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR = SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR;
 
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(SecureNetty4HttpServerTransport.class);
     private final SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider;
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/HttpReadWriteHandler.java b/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/HttpReadWriteHandler.java
index 084db75ab683e..6438cca9cc33d 100644
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/HttpReadWriteHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/HttpReadWriteHandler.java
@@ -82,7 +82,16 @@ public HttpReadWriteHandler(
         TaskScheduler taskScheduler,
         LongSupplier nanoClock
     ) {
-        this(nioHttpChannel, transport, settings, taskScheduler, nanoClock, null /* no SSL/TLS */);
+        this(
+            nioHttpChannel,
+            transport,
+            settings,
+            taskScheduler,
+            nanoClock,
+            null, /* no header verifier */
+            new HttpContentDecompressor(),
+            null /* no SSL/TLS */
+        );
     }
 
     HttpReadWriteHandler(
@@ -91,6 +100,8 @@ public HttpReadWriteHandler(
         HttpHandlingSettings settings,
         TaskScheduler taskScheduler,
         LongSupplier nanoClock,
+        @Nullable ChannelHandler headerVerifier,
+        ChannelHandler decompressor,
         @Nullable SSLEngine sslEngine
     ) {
         this.nioHttpChannel = nioHttpChannel;
@@ -113,7 +124,10 @@ public HttpReadWriteHandler(
         );
         decoder.setCumulator(ByteToMessageDecoder.COMPOSITE_CUMULATOR);
         handlers.add(decoder);
-        handlers.add(new HttpContentDecompressor());
+        if (headerVerifier != null) {
+            handlers.add(headerVerifier);
+        }
+        handlers.add(decompressor);
         handlers.add(new HttpResponseEncoder());
         handlers.add(new HttpObjectAggregator(settings.getMaxContentLength()));
         if (settings.isCompression()) {
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/NioHttpServerTransport.java b/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/NioHttpServerTransport.java
index 6d155d626b5ea..9eca5fc87120d 100644
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/NioHttpServerTransport.java
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/opensearch/http/nio/NioHttpServerTransport.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.http.AbstractHttpServerTransport;
 import org.opensearch.http.HttpChannel;
 import org.opensearch.http.HttpServerChannel;
+import org.opensearch.http.HttpServerTransport;
 import org.opensearch.http.nio.ssl.SslUtils;
 import org.opensearch.nio.BytesChannelContext;
 import org.opensearch.nio.ChannelFactory;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.plugins.SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider;
 import org.opensearch.telemetry.tracing.Tracer;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.opensearch.transport.TransportAdapterProvider;
 import org.opensearch.transport.nio.NioGroupFactory;
 import org.opensearch.transport.nio.PageAllocator;
 
@@ -71,7 +73,14 @@
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpContentDecompressor;
 
 import static org.opensearch.http.HttpTransportSettings.SETTING_HTTP_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE;
 import static org.opensearch.http.HttpTransportSettings.SETTING_HTTP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE;
@@ -89,6 +98,9 @@
 public class NioHttpServerTransport extends AbstractHttpServerTransport {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(NioHttpServerTransport.class);
 
+    public static final String REQUEST_HEADER_VERIFIER = SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.REQUEST_HEADER_VERIFIER;
+    public static final String REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR = SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR;
+
     protected final PageAllocator pageAllocator;
     private final NioGroupFactory nioGroupFactory;
 
@@ -224,6 +236,8 @@ protected void acceptChannel(NioSocketChannel socketChannel) {
 
     private class HttpChannelFactory extends ChannelFactory<NioHttpServerChannel, NioHttpChannel> {
         private final SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider;
+        private final ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter headerVerifier;
+        private final TransportAdapterProvider<HttpServerTransport> decompressorProvider;
 
         private HttpChannelFactory(@Nullable SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider) {
             super(
@@ -237,6 +251,63 @@ private HttpChannelFactory(@Nullable SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider secureH
                 tcpReceiveBufferSize
             );
             this.secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider = secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider;
+
+            final List<ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter> headerVerifiers = getHeaderVerifiers(secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider);
+            final Optional<TransportAdapterProvider<HttpServerTransport>> decompressorProviderOpt = getDecompressorProvider(
+                secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider
+            );
+
+            // There could be multiple request decompressor providers configured, using the first one
+            decompressorProviderOpt.ifPresent(p -> logger.debug("Using request decompressor provider: {}", p));
+
+            if (headerVerifiers.size() > 1) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Cannot have more than one header verifier configured, supplied " + headerVerifiers.size()
+                );
+            }
+
+            this.headerVerifier = headerVerifiers.isEmpty() ? null : headerVerifiers.get(0);
+            this.decompressorProvider = decompressorProviderOpt.orElseGet(() -> new TransportAdapterProvider<HttpServerTransport>() {
+                @Override
+                public String name() {
+                    return REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public <C> Optional<C> create(Settings settings, HttpServerTransport transport, Class<C> adapterClass) {
+                    return Optional.empty();
+                }
+            });
+
+        }
+
+        private List<ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter> getHeaderVerifiers(
+            @Nullable SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider
+        ) {
+            if (secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider == null) {
+                return Collections.emptyList();
+            }
+
+            return secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.getHttpTransportAdapterProviders(settings)
+                .stream()
+                .filter(p -> REQUEST_HEADER_VERIFIER.equalsIgnoreCase(p.name()))
+                .map(p -> p.create(settings, NioHttpServerTransport.this, ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class))
+                .filter(Optional::isPresent)
+                .map(Optional::get)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        }
+
+        private Optional<TransportAdapterProvider<HttpServerTransport>> getDecompressorProvider(
+            @Nullable SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider
+        ) {
+            if (secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider == null) {
+                return Optional.empty();
+            }
+
+            return secureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.getHttpTransportAdapterProviders(settings)
+                .stream()
+                .filter(p -> REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR.equalsIgnoreCase(p.name()))
+                .findFirst();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -254,6 +325,9 @@ public NioHttpChannel createChannel(NioSelector selector, SocketChannel channel,
                 handlingSettings,
                 selector.getTaskScheduler(),
                 threadPool::relativeTimeInMillis,
+                headerVerifier,
+                decompressorProvider.create(settings, NioHttpServerTransport.this, ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class)
+                    .orElseGet(HttpContentDecompressor::new),
                 engine
             );
             Consumer<Exception> exceptionHandler = (e) -> onException(httpChannel, e);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.java
index ff86cbc04e240..b7a47b0f4c742 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider.java
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@
  */
 @ExperimentalApi
 public interface SecureHttpTransportSettingsProvider {
+    /**
+     * The well-known name of header verifier {@link TransportAdapterProvider} provider instance
+     */
+    final String REQUEST_HEADER_VERIFIER = "HeaderVerifier";
+
+    /**
+     * The well-known name of request decompressor {@link TransportAdapterProvider} provider instance
+     */
+    final String REQUEST_DECOMPRESSOR = "RequestDecompressor";
+
     /**
      * Collection of additional {@link TransportAdapterProvider}s that are specific to particular HTTP transport
      * @param settings settings