diff --git a/tests/test_client_cli.c b/tests/test_client_cli.c
index 148e854..75e6639 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_cli.c
+++ b/tests/test_client_cli.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -370,6 +371,52 @@ static void test_parse_args_compression_equals_and_none() {
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
+static void test_parse_args_compression_canonical_equals() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--compress-choice=zstd", "--compress-level=7", "/src", "/dst"};
+  int positional_args[2];
+  int positional_count = 0;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(cfg->compress_choice, "zstd");
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->compression_level, 7);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->use_compression);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(positional_count, 2);
+
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
+
+static void test_parse_args_compression_alias_equals() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--zc=zstd", "--zl=7", "/src", "/dst"};
+  int positional_args[2];
+  int positional_count = 0;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(cfg->compress_choice, "zstd");
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(cfg->compression_level, 7);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->use_compression);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(positional_count, 2);
+
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
+
+static void test_parse_args_rejects_invalid_compression_level_equals() {
+  static const char* const values[] = {"0", "23", "invalid"};
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(values) / sizeof(values[0]); i++) {
+    Config* cfg = config_create();
+    char option[32];
+    snprintf(option, sizeof(option), "--compress-level=%s", values[i]);
+    char* argv[] = {"fastsync", option, "/src", "/dst"};
+    int positional_args[2];
+    int positional_count = 0;
+
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), -1);
+    config_delete(cfg);
+  }
+}
+
 static void test_parse_args_rejects_invalid_compression_choice() {
   Config* cfg = config_create();
   char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--compress-choice=bogus", "/src", "/dst"};
@@ -403,5 +450,8 @@ void test_client_cli() {
   test_parse_args_archive();
   test_parse_args_compression_aliases();
   test_parse_args_compression_equals_and_none();
+  test_parse_args_compression_canonical_equals();
+  test_parse_args_compression_alias_equals();
+  test_parse_args_rejects_invalid_compression_level_equals();
   test_parse_args_rejects_invalid_compression_choice();
 }