diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.template b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.template
index b2cc3df69..ad29248c2 100644
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.template
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.conf.template
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ server {
   error_log   /var/log/nginx/${APP}-error.log;
 
   location    / {
+
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_min_length  1100;
+    gzip_buffers  4 32k;
+    gzip_types    text/css text/javascript text/xml text/plain text/x-component application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json application/xml  application/rss+xml font/truetype application/x-font-ttf font/opentype application/vnd.ms-fontobject image/svg+xml;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_comp_level  6;
+
     proxy_pass  http://$APP;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade \$http_upgrade;
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.ssl.conf.template b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.ssl.conf.template
index cce5d0faf..312cd83c3 100644
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.ssl.conf.template
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/nginx.ssl.conf.template
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ $SSL_DIRECTIVES
   keepalive_timeout   70;
   add_header          Alternate-Protocol  443:npn-spdy/2;
   location    / {
+
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_min_length  1100;
+    gzip_buffers  4 32k;
+    gzip_types    text/css text/javascript text/xml text/plain text/x-component application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json application/xml  application/rss+xml font/truetype application/x-font-ttf font/opentype application/vnd.ms-fontobject image/svg+xml;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_comp_level  6;
+
     proxy_pass  http://$APP;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade \$http_upgrade;