diff --git a/groot/internal/rcompress/kind_string.go b/groot/internal/rcompress/kind_string.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fc69045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/groot/internal/rcompress/kind_string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Code generated by "stringer -type Kind"; DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package rcompress
+
+import "strconv"
+
+func _() {
+	// An "invalid array index" compiler error signifies that the constant values have changed.
+	// Re-run the stringer command to generate them again.
+	var x [1]struct{}
+	_ = x[Inherit - -1]
+	_ = x[UseGlobal-0]
+	_ = x[ZLIB-1]
+	_ = x[LZMA-2]
+	_ = x[OldCompression-3]
+	_ = x[LZ4-4]
+	_ = x[ZSTD-5]
+	_ = x[UndefinedCompression-6]
+}
+
+const _Kind_name = "InheritUseGlobalZLIBLZMAOldCompressionLZ4ZSTDUndefinedCompression"
+
+var _Kind_index = [...]uint8{0, 7, 16, 20, 24, 38, 41, 45, 65}
+
+func (i Kind) String() string {
+	i -= -1
+	if i < 0 || i >= Kind(len(_Kind_index)-1) {
+		return "Kind(" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+-1), 10) + ")"
+	}
+	return _Kind_name[_Kind_index[i]:_Kind_index[i+1]]
+}
diff --git a/groot/internal/rcompress/rcompress.go b/groot/internal/rcompress/rcompress.go
index 75f26eca..22f5c798 100644
--- a/groot/internal/rcompress/rcompress.go
+++ b/groot/internal/rcompress/rcompress.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 // ROOT data payloads.
 package rcompress // import "go-hep.org/x/hep/groot/internal/rcompress"
 
+//go:generate stringer -type Kind
+
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"