diff --git a/CHANGES/3318.removal b/CHANGES/3318.removal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c8236e7403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/3318.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecated use of boolean in ``resp.enable_compression()``
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index cedb4234dd4..fb4639c8461 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ Mun Gwan-gyeong
 Nicolas Braem
 Nikolay Kim
 Nikolay Novik
+Oisin Aylward
 Olaf Conradi
 Pahaz Blinov
 Panagiotis Kolokotronis
diff --git a/aiohttp/web_response.py b/aiohttp/web_response.py
index c6e9afc71d0..f3fc59e43d6 100644
--- a/aiohttp/web_response.py
+++ b/aiohttp/web_response.py
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ def enable_compression(self, force=None):
         # Backwards compatibility for when force was a bool <0.17.
         if type(force) == bool:
             force = ContentCoding.deflate if force else ContentCoding.identity
+            warnings.warn("Using boolean for force is deprecated #3318",
+                          DeprecationWarning)
         elif force is not None:
             assert isinstance(force, ContentCoding), ("force should one of "
                                                       "None, bool or "
diff --git a/tests/test_web_response.py b/tests/test_web_response.py
index 5ae43ebb782..8e970fe1a66 100644
--- a/tests/test_web_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_web_response.py
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ async def test_force_compression_no_accept_backwards_compat() -> None:
     assert not resp.chunked
 
     assert not resp.compression
-    resp.enable_compression(force=True)
+    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
+        resp.enable_compression(force=True)
     assert resp.compression
 
     msg = await resp.prepare(req)
@@ -339,7 +340,8 @@ async def test_force_compression_false_backwards_compat() -> None:
     resp = StreamResponse()
 
     assert not resp.compression
-    resp.enable_compression(force=False)
+    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
+        resp.enable_compression(force=False)
     assert resp.compression
 
     msg = await resp.prepare(req)