diff --git a/conf/nginx/st2.conf b/conf/nginx/st2.conf
index 96394ccce4..41f8bcf6a3 100644
--- a/conf/nginx/st2.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx/st2.conf
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ server {
     error_page 502 = @apiError;
 
     rewrite ^/api/(.*)  /$1 break;
-    
+
     proxy_pass            http://127.0.0.1:9101/;
     proxy_read_timeout    90;
     proxy_connect_timeout 90;
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ server {
     proxy_cache off;
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     max_ranges 0;
+
+    # In a lot of scenarios, it may be beneficial to enable response compression (especially when
+    # working with large executions and StackStorm instance is accessed over public internet).
+    # To enable it, uncomment the lines below and adjust according to your needs.
+    # gzip on;
+    # gzip_min_length 1024;
+    # gzip_types text/plain application/json text/event-stream;
   }
 
   location @streamError {
@@ -102,7 +109,7 @@ server {
     sendfile on;
     tcp_nopush on;
     tcp_nodelay on;
-    
+
     # Disable buffering and chunked encoding.
     # In the stream case we want to receive the whole payload at once, we don't
     # want multiple chunks.
@@ -111,6 +118,14 @@ server {
     proxy_buffering off;
     proxy_cache off;
     max_ranges 0;
+
+    # In a lot of scenarios, it may be beneficial to enable response compression (especially when
+    # working with large executions and StackStorm instance is accessed over public internet).
+    # To enable it, uncomment the lines below and adjust according to your needs.
+    # gzip on;
+    # gzip_min_length 1024;
+    # gzip_types text/plain application/json text/event-stream;
+    # gzip_proxied no-cache no-store private expired auth;
   }
 
   location @authError {
@@ -122,7 +137,7 @@ server {
     error_page 502 = @authError;
 
     rewrite ^/auth/(.*)  /$1 break;
-    
+
     proxy_pass            http://127.0.0.1:9100/;
     proxy_read_timeout    90;
     proxy_connect_timeout 90;