diff --git a/templates/applications.conf.j2 b/templates/applications.conf.j2
index 557cb8a..698bcee 100644
--- a/templates/applications.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/applications.conf.j2
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
     Include conf.d/applications/*.conf-fragment
 
 </VirtualHost>
+
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain text/html text/xml text/css application/xml application/xhtml+xml application/rss+xml application/javascript application/x-javascript