diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index 1c01c4ca45..f8b554154c 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const express = require('express');
+const compression = require('compression');
 const favicon = require('serve-favicon');
 const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 const routes = require('./routes');
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
         config.preHook(app);
     }
 
+    app.use(compression());
     app.use(cookieParser());
     app.use(express.json({ strict: false }));
     app.use(unleashSession(config));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e7e2519c5..3ddb4ddeb0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^2.1.5",
     "commander": "^2.15.1",
+    "compression": "^1.7.3",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
     "cookie-session": "^2.0.0-beta.3",
     "db-migrate": "^0.11.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ad1f259436..e5775736da 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1335,6 +1335,24 @@ component-emitter@^1.2.0, component-emitter@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-1.2.1.tgz#137918d6d78283f7df7a6b7c5a63e140e69425e6"
 
+compressible@~2.0.14:
+  version "2.0.14"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compressible/-/compressible-2.0.14.tgz#326c5f507fbb055f54116782b969a81b67a29da7"
+  dependencies:
+    mime-db ">= 1.34.0 < 2"
+
+compression@^1.7.3:
+  version "1.7.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression/-/compression-1.7.3.tgz#27e0e176aaf260f7f2c2813c3e440adb9f1993db"
+  dependencies:
+    accepts "~1.3.5"
+    bytes "3.0.0"
+    compressible "~2.0.14"
+    debug "2.6.9"
+    on-headers "~1.0.1"
+    safe-buffer "5.1.2"
+    vary "~1.1.2"
+
 concat-map@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz#d8a96bd77fd68df7793a73036a3ba0d5405d477b"
@@ -4111,6 +4129,10 @@ micromatch@^3.1.8:
     snapdragon "^0.8.1"
     to-regex "^3.0.1"
 
+"mime-db@>= 1.34.0 < 2":
+  version "1.36.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.36.0.tgz#5020478db3c7fe93aad7bbcc4dcf869c43363397"
+
 mime-db@~1.30.0:
   version "1.30.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.30.0.tgz#74c643da2dd9d6a45399963465b26d5ca7d71f01"
@@ -5480,7 +5502,7 @@ safe-buffer@5.1.1:
   version "5.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz#893312af69b2123def71f57889001671eeb2c853"
 
-safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
+safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz#991ec69d296e0313747d59bdfd2b745c35f8828d"