diff --git a/python/examples/zarr_cupy_nvcomp.py b/python/examples/zarr_cupy_nvcomp.py
index 766139b442..9f05f7874a 100644
--- a/python/examples/zarr_cupy_nvcomp.py
+++ b/python/examples/zarr_cupy_nvcomp.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ def main(path):
     # E.g., `open_cupy_array()` uses nvCOMP's Snappy GPU compression by default,
     # which, as far as we know, isn’t compatible with any CPU compressor. Thus,
     # let's re-write our Zarr array using a CPU and GPU compatible compressor.
+    #
+    # Warning: it isn't possible to use `CompatCompressor` as a compressor argument
+    #          in Zarr directly. It is only meant for `open_cupy_array()`. However,
+    #          in an example further down, we show how to write using regular Zarr.
     z = kvikio.zarr.open_cupy_array(
         store=path,
         mode="w",
@@ -53,6 +57,32 @@ def main(path):
     assert isinstance(z[:], cupy.ndarray)
     assert (cupy.arange(20, 40) == z[:]).all()
 
+    # Similarly, we can also open a file written by regular Zarr.
+    # Let's write the file without any compressor.
+    ary = numpy.arange(10)
+    z = zarr.open(store=path, mode="w", shape=ary.shape, compressor=None)
+    z[:] = ary
+    # This works as before where the file is read as a CuPy array
+    z = kvikio.zarr.open_cupy_array(store=path)
+    assert isinstance(z[:], cupy.ndarray)
+    assert (z[:] == cupy.asarray(ary)).all()
+
+    # Using a compressor is a bit more tricky since not all CPU compressors
+    # are GPU compatible. To make sure we use a compable compressor, we use
+    # the CPU-part of `CompatCompressor.lz4()`.
+    ary = numpy.arange(10)
+    z = zarr.open(
+        store=path,
+        mode="w",
+        shape=ary.shape,
+        compressor=kvikio.zarr.CompatCompressor.lz4().cpu,
+    )
+    z[:] = ary
+    # This works as before where the file is read as a CuPy array
+    z = kvikio.zarr.open_cupy_array(store=path)
+    assert isinstance(z[:], cupy.ndarray)
+    assert (z[:] == cupy.asarray(ary)).all()
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main("/tmp/zarr-cupy-nvcomp")
diff --git a/python/kvikio/zarr.py b/python/kvikio/zarr.py
index c718c413a7..1a8e7f3848 100644
--- a/python/kvikio/zarr.py
+++ b/python/kvikio/zarr.py
@@ -274,7 +274,22 @@ def get_nvcomp_manager(self):
 
 
 class CompatCompressor:
-    """A pair of compatible compressors one using the CPU and one using the GPU"""
+    """A pair of compatible compressors one using the CPU and one using the GPU
+
+    Warning
+    -------
+    `CompatCompressor` is only supported by KvikIO's `open_cupy_array()` and
+    cannot be used as a compressor argument in Zarr functions like `open()`
+    and `open_array()` directly. However, it is possible to use its `.cpu`
+    like: `open(..., compressor=CompatCompressor.lz4().cpu)`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cpu
+        The CPU compressor.
+    gpu
+        The GPU compressor.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, cpu: Codec, gpu: CudaCodec) -> None:
         self.cpu = cpu
@@ -347,6 +362,8 @@ def open_cupy_array(
             if mode in ("r", "r+"):
                 raise
         else:
+            if ret.compressor is None:
+                return ret
             # If we are reading a LZ4-CPU compressed file, we overwrite the
             # metadata on-the-fly to make Zarr use LZ4-GPU for both compression
             # and decompression.
diff --git a/python/tests/test_zarr.py b/python/tests/test_zarr.py
index 33e3b4588f..ba42e35a96 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_zarr.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_zarr.py
@@ -249,6 +249,22 @@ def test_open_cupy_array(tmp_path, write_mode, read_mode):
     numpy.testing.assert_array_equal(a.get(), z[:])
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("compressor", [None, kvikio_zarr.CompatCompressor.lz4().cpu])
+def test_open_cupy_array_written_by_zarr(tmp_path, compressor):
+    data = numpy.arange(100)
+    z = zarr.open_array(
+        tmp_path,
+        shape=data.shape,
+        mode="w",
+        compressor=compressor,
+    )
+    z[:] = data
+
+    z = kvikio_zarr.open_cupy_array(tmp_path, mode="r")
+    assert isinstance(z[:], cupy.ndarray)
+    cupy.testing.assert_array_equal(z[:], data)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["r", "r+", "a"])
 def test_open_cupy_array_incompatible_compressor(tmp_path, mode):
     zarr.create((10,), store=tmp_path, compressor=numcodecs.Blosc())