diff --git a/roles/people/templates/people.conf b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
index b7652b5639..aec12b9f88 100644
--- a/roles/people/templates/people.conf
+++ b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
 AddType video/webm .webm
 AddType text/plain .spec
 AddType application/vnd.android.package-archive .apk
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript
+<FilesMatch "\.gz$">
+   ForceType text/plain
+   Header set Content-Encoding: gzip
+</FilesMatch>
 
 <Location />
     # Insert filter