diff --git a/src/jetzig/middleware.zig b/src/jetzig/middleware.zig
index 89b27a6..f392dde 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/middleware.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/middleware.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const jetzig = @import("../jetzig.zig");
 
 pub const HtmxMiddleware = @import("middleware/HtmxMiddleware.zig");
+pub const GzipMiddleware = @import("middleware/Gzip.zig");
 
 const RouteOptions = struct {
     content: ?[]const u8 = null,
diff --git a/src/jetzig/middleware/Gzip.zig b/src/jetzig/middleware/Gzip.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f2bacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jetzig/middleware/Gzip.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const jetzig = @import("jetzig");
+
+const err_msg = "Response was not compressed due to error: {s}";
+pub fn beforeResponse(request: *jetzig.http.Request, response: *jetzig.http.Response) !void {
+    var compressed = std.ArrayList(u8).init(request.allocator);
+    var reader = std.io.fixedBufferStream(response.content);
+    std.compress.gzip.compress(reader.reader(), compressed.writer(), .{ .level = .fast }) catch |err|
+        return request.server.logger.ERROR(err_msg, .{@errorName(err)});
+    response.headers.append("Content-Encoding", "gzip") catch |err|
+        return request.server.logger.ERROR(err_msg, .{@errorName(err)});
+    response.content = compressed.items;
+}