Transmission between a combustion engine with a crankshaft and a compressor element with driven shaft, whereby this transmission includes a housing and at least one driven gear and driveshaft with a drive gear, wherein the driveshaft of the transmission is connected to the crankshaft of the combustion engine by means of a rigid coupling, and the distance between the driveshaft and the driven shaft is greater than a sum of the radii of a plurality of pitch circles of the drive gear and the driven gear.