diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e7a49b8fa..b6069737a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ mods/*/*.mdb
 /*.mdb
 /*.exe
 thirdparty/download/*
+*.mmdb.gz
 
 # backup files by various editors
 *~
diff --git a/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb b/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
deleted file mode 100644
index 77f4441ed0..0000000000
Binary files a/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43a033a547..1c7998a441 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ osx-dependencies: cli-dependencies
 	@ $(CP_R) thirdparty/download/osx/*.dll.config .
 
 dependencies: $(os-dependencies)
+	@./thirdparty/fetch-geoip-db.sh
 
 all-dependencies: cli-dependencies windows-dependencies osx-dependencies
 
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ install-core: default
 	@$(CP_R) mods/modchooser "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/mods/"
 
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) "global mix database.dat" "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/global mix database.dat"
-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb" "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz" "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz"
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) AUTHORS "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/AUTHORS"
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) COPYING "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/COPYING"
 
diff --git a/packaging/package-all.sh b/packaging/package-all.sh
index 508d823d56..33491080a3 100755
--- a/packaging/package-all.sh
+++ b/packaging/package-all.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ FILES=('OpenRA.Game.exe' 'OpenRA.Editor.exe' 'OpenRA.Utility.exe' \
 'OpenRA.Renderer.Sdl2.dll' 'OpenRA.Renderer.Null.dll' \
  'lua' 'glsl' 'mods/common' 'mods/ra' 'mods/cnc' 'mods/d2k' 'mods/modchooser' \
 'AUTHORS' 'COPYING' 'README.html' 'CONTRIBUTING.html' 'DOCUMENTATION.html' 'CHANGELOG.html' \
-'global mix database.dat' 'GeoLite2-Country.mmdb')
+'global mix database.dat' 'GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz')
 
 echo "Copying files..."
 for i in "${FILES[@]}"; do
diff --git a/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi b/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
index c88d9ff867..05a73296d2 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
+++ b/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Section "Game" GAME
 	File "${SRCDIR}\MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\RestSharp.dll"
-	File "${SRCDIR}\GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"
+	File "${SRCDIR}\GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\eluant.dll"
 	File "${DEPSDIR}\soft_oal.dll"
 	File "${DEPSDIR}\SDL2.dll"
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Function ${UN}Clean
 	Delete $INSTDIR\MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\RestSharp.dll
-	Delete $INSTDIR\GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
+	Delete $INSTDIR\GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
 	Delete $INSTDIR\KopiLua.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\soft_oal.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\SDL2.dll
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-geoip-db.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-geoip-db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b490bb828c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/fetch-geoip-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Die on any error for Travis CI to automatically retry:
+set -e
+
+download_dir="${0%/*}/download"
+mkdir -p "${download_dir}"
+cd "${download_dir}"
+
+filename="GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz"
+
+# Database does not exist or is older than 30 days.
+if [[ ! -e $filename ]] || [[ -n $(find . -name $filename -mtime +30 -print) ]]; then
+	rm -f $filename
+	echo "Updating GeoIP country database from MaxMind."
+	curl -s -L -O http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/$filename
+	cp $filename ../..
+fi
+
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1 b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
index 21eb138daa..2f2878d8f7 100644
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
+++ b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
@@ -130,4 +130,12 @@ if (!(Test-Path "Eluant.dll"))
 	(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://github.com/OpenRA/Eluant/releases/download/20140425/Eluant.dll", $target)
 }
 
+if (!(Test-Path "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz") -Or (((get-date) - (get-item "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb").LastWriteTime) -gt (new-timespan -days 30)))
+{
+	echo "Updating GeoIP country database from MaxMind."
+	$target = Join-Path $pwd.ToString() "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz"
+	(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz", $target)
+	cp GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz ..\..
+}
+
 cd ..