diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 3d7d705..0976948 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ http {
         '"$request" $status $upstream_addr '
         '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent"';
 
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)";
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css text/javascript image/svg+xml image/x-icon application/javascript application/x-javascript;
+
     server {
         # listen on port 80
         listen 80;