diff --git a/api/app.py b/api/app.py
index ac8bf27df..aea28ac93 100644
--- a/api/app.py
+++ b/api/app.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from config import CloudEditionConfig, Config
 from extensions import (
     ext_celery,
     ext_code_based_extension,
+    ext_compress,
     ext_database,
     ext_hosting_provider,
     ext_login,
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ def create_app(test_config=None) -> Flask:
 def initialize_extensions(app):
     # Since the application instance is now created, pass it to each Flask
     # extension instance to bind it to the Flask application instance (app)
+    ext_compress.init_app(app)
     ext_code_based_extension.init()
     ext_database.init_app(app)
     ext_migrate.init(app, db)
diff --git a/api/config.py b/api/config.py
index faf4185c9..7c46426b4 100644
--- a/api/config.py
+++ b/api/config.py
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ class Config:
 
         self.BATCH_UPLOAD_LIMIT = get_env('BATCH_UPLOAD_LIMIT')
 
+        self.API_COMPRESSION_ENABLED = get_bool_env('API_COMPRESSION_ENABLED')
+
 
 class CloudEditionConfig(Config):
 
diff --git a/api/extensions/ext_compress.py b/api/extensions/ext_compress.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caa61675f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/extensions/ext_compress.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from flask import Flask
+
+
+def init_app(app: Flask):
+    if app.config.get('API_COMPRESSION_ENABLED', False):
+        from flask_compress import Compress
+
+        compress = Compress()
+        compress.init_app(app)
+
diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index 1c3e89e78..e44c8c941 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
 flask~=3.0.1
 Flask-SQLAlchemy~=3.0.5
 SQLAlchemy~=1.4.28
+Flask-Compress~=1.14
 flask-login~=0.6.3
 flask-migrate~=4.0.5
 flask-restful~=0.3.10