diff --git a/roles/people/templates/people.conf b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
index 6801a2597a..7594adc785 100644
--- a/roles/people/templates/people.conf
+++ b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css a
 #
 <FilesMatch "xml\.gz$">
    ForceType application/x-gzip
+   Header unset Content-Encoding
 </FilesMatch>
 
 <Location />