diff --git a/roles/people/templates/people.conf b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
index ca57fa3a8c..0b46581ae4 100644
--- a/roles/people/templates/people.conf
+++ b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
@@ -221,6 +221,16 @@ 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
+#
+# Match xml.gz to application/x-gzip for repo files
+#
+<FilesMatch "xml\.gz$">
+   ForceType application/x-gzip
+   Header set Content-Encoding: gzip
+</FilesMatch>
+#
+# Everything else that ends in gz is just text/plain
+#
 <FilesMatch "\.gz$">
    ForceType text/plain
    Header set Content-Encoding: gzip