diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index ac56e36a52..3983a744e5 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ factory.addStep(MasterShellCommand(command=["mkdir", '-m', '0755', Interpolate('
 factory.addStep(DirectoryUpload(slavesrc=Interpolate('/var/lib/taskotron/artifacts/%(prop:uuid)s/'),
                                 masterdest=Interpolate('{{ public_artifacts_dir }}/%(prop:uuid)s/task_output')))
 
+{% if deployment_type in ['dev'] %}
+factory.addStep(MasterShellCommand(command=["gzip", Interpolate('{{ public_artifacts_dir }}/%(prop:uuid)s/task_output/*')],
+                                   descriptionDone=['gzip artifacs dir content']))
+{% endif %}
 
 {% if deployment_type in ['local'] %}
 # copy taskotron log to master