diff --git a/src/express-http-server.js b/src/express-http-server.js
index 223811d2..bf549d51 100644
--- a/src/express-http-server.js
+++ b/src/express-http-server.js
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ class ExpressHTTPServer {
       app.use(require('compression')());
     }
 
+    if (this.cache && this.gzip) {
+      app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+        if (res.body) {
+          res.send(res.body);
+        } else {
+          next();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
     if (username !== undefined || password !== undefined) {
       this.ui.writeLine(`adding basic auth; username=${username}; password=${password}`);
       app.use(basicAuth(username, password));
diff --git a/src/worker.js b/src/worker.js
index 72f83151..befc2bbf 100644
--- a/src/worker.js
+++ b/src/worker.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Worker {
     }
 
     if (!this.httpServer.cache) { this.httpServer.cache = this.cache; }
+    if (!this.httpServer.gzip) { this.httpServer.gzip = this.gzip; }
     if (!this.httpServer.distPath) { this.httpServer.distPath = this.distPath; }
     if (!this.httpServer.ui) { this.httpServer.ui = this.ui; }
   }