diff --git a/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2 b/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2
index 49cb1e26bd..21a051ad76 100644
--- a/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ GRAVATAR_DEFAULT_SECURE = True
 # django-compressor
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django_compressor
 #
+COMPRESS_ENABLED = True
 COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS = (
    ('text/less', 'lessc {infile} {outfile}'),
    ('text/x-scss', 'sassc -t compressed {infile} {outfile}'),