The present invention relates to a system for treating gaseous hydrogen, comprising an inlet (10a) for supplying gaseous hydrogen, a drying unit (30) with an active drying material for removing moisture from the supplied hydrogen, an adsorption unit (50) with an active adsorption material for adsorbing impurities from the dried hydrogen, and an outlet (10b) for drawing off treated hydrogen. According to the invention, the mass ratio between the active drying material and the active adsorption material is in the range of 1.5:1 to 50:1. The invention further relates to a plant comprising such a system for providing compressed treated gaseous hydrogen and a method for treating gaseous hydrogen.