diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea6d761..7ccb123 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [unreleased][unreleased]
+
+## Added
+
+* Add `gzip` compression to improve performances
+
 ## [0.8.6][2015-01-07]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0a4a66..81284bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.8.1",
     "chalk": "^0.4.0",
+    "compression": "^1.6.0",
     "connect-pause": "^0.1.0",
     "cors": "^2.3.0",
     "errorhandler": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/src/server/defaults.js b/src/server/defaults.js
index 960846c..21eb55b 100644
--- a/src/server/defaults.js
+++ b/src/server/defaults.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var path = require('path')
 var express = require('express')
 var logger = require('morgan')
 var cors = require('cors')
+var compression = require('compression')
 var errorhandler = require('errorhandler')
 var objectAssign = require('object-assign')
 
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
 
   var arr = []
 
+  // Compress all requests
+  arr.push(compression())
+
   // Logger
   if (opts.logger) {
     arr.push(logger('dev', {