diff --git a/internal/contour/listener.go b/internal/contour/listener.go
index 5024bd51922..5f4ede37fe2 100644
--- a/internal/contour/listener.go
+++ b/internal/contour/listener.go
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ const (
 
 	router     = "envoy.router"
 	grpcWeb    = "envoy.grpc_web"
+	gzip       = "envoy.gzip"
 	httpFilter = "envoy.http_connection_manager"
 	accessLog  = "envoy.file_access_log"
 )
@@ -295,6 +296,9 @@ func httpfilter(routename, accessLogPath string) listener.Filter {
 					}),
 				}),
 				"http_filters": lv(
+					st(map[string]*types.Value{
+						"name": sv(gzip),
+					}),
 					st(map[string]*types.Value{
 						"name": sv(grpcWeb),
 					}),
diff --git a/internal/e2e/lds_test.go b/internal/e2e/lds_test.go
index fe82bed9880..a96bb37b6e7 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/lds_test.go
+++ b/internal/e2e/lds_test.go
@@ -1095,6 +1095,7 @@ func httpfilter(routename string) listener.Filter {
 			}},
 			UseRemoteAddress: &types.BoolValue{Value: true},
 			HttpFilters: []*envoy_config_v2_http_conn_mgr.HttpFilter{
+				{Name: "envoy.gzip"},
 				{Name: "envoy.grpc_web"},
 				{Name: "envoy.router"},
 			},