diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index cc97cf299..032e2bd55 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ http {
     access_log /tmp/nginx.access.log combined;
     sendfile on;
 
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_http_version 1.0;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_min_length 500;
+    gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
+    gzip_types text/plain text/xml text/css
+               text/javascript application/x-javascript
+               application/octet-stream;
+
     upstream app_server {
         server unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
         # For a TCP configuration: