diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 47e1e71..f4b94ee 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/k0kubun/go-ansi v0.0.0-20180517002512-3bf9e2903213 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 // indirect
 	github.com/kolo/xmlrpc v0.0.0-20200310150728-e0350524596b // indirect
 	github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/labbsr0x/bindman-dns-webhook v1.0.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1a10599..9e949b3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 h1:Z9n2FFNU
 github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EZBBE59ingxPouuu3KfxchcWSUPOHkagtvWXihfKN4Q=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 h1:ehO88t2UGzQK66LMdE8tibEd1ErmzZjNEqWkjLAKQQg=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/kolo/xmlrpc v0.0.0-20200310150728-e0350524596b h1:DzHy0GlWeF0KAglaTMY7Q+khIFoG8toHP+wLFBVBQJc=
 github.com/kolo/xmlrpc v0.0.0-20200310150728-e0350524596b/go.mod h1:o03bZfuBwAXHetKXuInt4S7omeXUu62/A845kiycsSQ=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
diff --git a/server/startup.go b/server/startup.go
index ffdabb7..a9891fa 100644
--- a/server/startup.go
+++ b/server/startup.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzhttp"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ func Serve(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}()
 	}
 
-	// Create ssl handler based on settings
-	sslHandler := handler.Handler(cfg.Server, giteaClient, dnsLookupCache, canonicalDomainCache, redirectsCache)
+	// Create ssl handler based on settings, with gzip compression
+	sslHandler := gzhttp.GzipHandler(handler.Handler(cfg.Server, giteaClient, dnsLookupCache, canonicalDomainCache, redirectsCache))
 
 	// Start the ssl listener
 	log.Info().Msgf("Start SSL server using TCP listener on %s", listener.Addr())