diff --git a/server/server-app/src/main/kotlin/projektor/Application.kt b/server/server-app/src/main/kotlin/projektor/Application.kt
index 338507241..d432d343b 100644
--- a/server/server-app/src/main/kotlin/projektor/Application.kt
+++ b/server/server-app/src/main/kotlin/projektor/Application.kt
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule
 import io.ktor.application.Application
 import io.ktor.application.install
 import io.ktor.config.ApplicationConfig
-import io.ktor.features.CORS
-import io.ktor.features.CachingHeaders
-import io.ktor.features.CallLogging
-import io.ktor.features.ContentNegotiation
+import io.ktor.features.*
 import io.ktor.http.CacheControl
 import io.ktor.http.ContentType
 import io.ktor.http.content.CachingOptions
@@ -90,6 +87,11 @@ fun Application.main() {
             registry = metricRegistry
         }
     }
+    install(Compression) {
+        gzip {
+            matchContentType(ContentType.Application.Json, ContentType.Application.JavaScript)
+        }
+    }
 
     val authService: AuthService by inject()
     val testResultsService: TestResultsService by inject()
diff --git a/server/server-app/src/main/kotlin/projektor/util/GzipUtil.kt b/server/server-app/src/main/kotlin/projektor/util/GzipUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e13f7741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/server-app/src/main/kotlin/projektor/util/GzipUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
+
+fun ungzip(content: ByteArray): String =
+        GZIPInputStream(content.inputStream()).bufferedReader(Charsets.UTF_8).use { it.readText() }
diff --git a/server/server-app/src/test/kotlin/projektor/testrun/GetTestRunCompressionApplicationTest.kt b/server/server-app/src/test/kotlin/projektor/testrun/GetTestRunCompressionApplicationTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f128ba51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/server-app/src/test/kotlin/projektor/testrun/GetTestRunCompressionApplicationTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package projektor.testrun
+
+import io.ktor.http.HttpHeaders
+import io.ktor.http.HttpMethod
+import io.ktor.http.HttpStatusCode
+import io.ktor.server.testing.handleRequest
+import io.ktor.server.testing.withTestApplication
+import io.ktor.util.KtorExperimentalAPI
+import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import projektor.ApplicationTestCase
+import projektor.TestSuiteData
+import projektor.incomingresults.randomPublicId
+import projektor.server.api.TestRun
+import strikt.api.expectThat
+import strikt.assertions.hasSize
+import strikt.assertions.isEqualTo
+import ungzip
+
+@KtorExperimentalAPI
+class GetTestRunCompressionApplicationTest : ApplicationTestCase() {
+    @Test
+    fun `when gzip accept header included should compress test run response`() {
+        val publicId = randomPublicId()
+
+        withTestApplication(::createTestApplication) {
+            handleRequest(HttpMethod.Get, "/run/$publicId") {
+                testRunDBGenerator.createTestRun(
+                        publicId,
+                        listOf(
+                                TestSuiteData("testSuite1",
+                                        listOf("testSuite1TestCase1", "testSuite1TestCase2"),
+                                        listOf(),
+                                        listOf()
+                                ),
+                                TestSuiteData("testSuite2",
+                                        listOf("testSuite2TestCase1", "testSuite2TestCase2", "testSuite2TestCase3"),
+                                        listOf(),
+                                        listOf()
+                                )
+                        )
+                )
+
+                addHeader(HttpHeaders.AcceptEncoding, "gzip")
+            }.apply {
+                expectThat(response.status()).isEqualTo(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+
+                val responseBytes = response.byteContent
+                assertNotNull(responseBytes)
+
+                val uncompressedResponse = ungzip(responseBytes)
+
+                val responseRun = objectMapper.readValue(uncompressedResponse, TestRun::class.java)
+                assertNotNull(responseRun)
+
+                expectThat(responseRun.id).isEqualTo(publicId.id)
+
+                val testSuites = responseRun.testSuites
+                assertNotNull(testSuites)
+                expectThat(testSuites).hasSize(2)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/test/load-test/getRunLarge.js b/server/test/load-test/getRunLarge.js
index 69aee40bb..291e5b1a9 100644
--- a/server/test/load-test/getRunLarge.js
+++ b/server/test/load-test/getRunLarge.js
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export function setup() {
     return { testId: testId }
 }
 
+const getParams = {headers: {"Accept-Encoding": "gzip"}};
+
 export default function (data) {
     const testId = data.testId;
 
@@ -51,10 +53,10 @@ export default function (data) {
     }
 
     group('fetch test run details', () => {
-        const testRunResponse = http.get(`http://localhost:8080/run/${testId}`);
+        const testRunResponse = http.get(`http://localhost:8080/run/${testId}`, getParams);
         check(testRunResponse, statusCheck200);
 
-        const testRunSummaryResponse = http.get(`http://localhost:8080/run/${testId}/summary`);
+        const testRunSummaryResponse = http.get(`http://localhost:8080/run/${testId}/summary`, getParams);
         check(testRunSummaryResponse, statusCheck200);
     })
 };
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