diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f5aaaf..b1307d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9419,6 +9419,7 @@ version = "0.6.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d4e6559d53cc268e5031cd8429d05415bc4cb4aefc4aa5d6cc35fbf5b924a1f8"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/htmlshell/Cargo.toml b/htmlshell/Cargo.toml
index 86bd84c..e40489e 100644
--- a/htmlshell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/htmlshell/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ servo_config = { path = "../source/components/config" }
 servo_config_macro = { path = "../source/components/config/macro" }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tower = "0.5"
-tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["cors", "fs"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["async-compression", "compression-zstd", "cors", "fs"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing-perfetto = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/htmlshell/src/vhost.rs b/htmlshell/src/vhost.rs
index a8d5363..7eca5a9 100644
--- a/htmlshell/src/vhost.rs
+++ b/htmlshell/src/vhost.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use log::error;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use servo::prefs::{PreferencesObserver, get_embedder_pref};
 use servo::{PrefValue, prefs};
+use tower_http::compression::CompressionLayer;
 use tower_http::cors::{Any, CorsLayer};
 use tower_http::services::ServeFile;
 use tower_http::services::fs::ServeFileSystemResponseBody;
@@ -49,12 +50,12 @@ fn vhost_handler(state: ServerState, request: Request) -> Option<PathBuf> {
 
     // Currently recognized: system, shared, keyboard, homescreen, theme
     // TODO: don't hardcode
-    if app != "homescreen" &&
-        app != "keyboard" &&
-        app != "settings" &&
-        app != "shared" &&
-        app != "system" &&
-        app != "theme"
+    if app != "homescreen"
+        && app != "keyboard"
+        && app != "settings"
+        && app != "shared"
+        && app != "system"
+        && app != "theme"
     {
         return None;
     }
@@ -141,9 +142,13 @@ pub(crate) fn start_vhost(port: u16) {
         .allow_methods(Any)
         .allow_headers(Any);
 
+    let compression = CompressionLayer::new()
+        .zstd(true);
+
     let app = Router::new()
         .route("/{*key}", get(get_file))
         .layer(cors)
+        .layer(compression)
         .with_state(state);
 
     servo::Servo::spawn_task(async move {