diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_%.bbappend
index 8a58341..8eb7e40 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_%.bbappend
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     file://gen-cert.sh \
     "
 
-EXTRA_OECONF =+ " --without-select_module"
+EXTRA_OECONF =+ " --without-select_module --with-http_gunzip_module"
 
 SSLCERTPATH = "/etc/ssl/certs/nginx/"