diff --git a/src/modules/octopi/filesystem/root/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg b/src/modules/octopi/filesystem/root/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
index e20b80c8..1a01b04c 100644
--- a/src/modules/octopi/filesystem/root/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/src/modules/octopi/filesystem/root/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ global
 defaults
         log     global
         mode    http
+        compression algo gzip
         option  httplog
         option  dontlognull
         retries 3