diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 67d05c67d..fbee02edd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/validate v0.20.2
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
 	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/cli v1.22.0
 	github.com/minio/direct-csi v1.3.5-0.20210601185811-f7776f7961bf
 	github.com/minio/kes v0.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 070d19496..a5db2abb2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.4.1/go.mod h1:RyIbtBH6LamlWaDj8nUwkbUhJ87Yi3uG0
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.9.5/go.mod h1:RyIbtBH6LamlWaDj8nUwkbUhJ87Yi3uG0guNDohfE1A=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.12.2 h1:2KCfW3I9M7nSc5wOqXAlW2v2U6v+w6cbjvbfp+OykW8=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.12.2/go.mod h1:8dP1Hq4DHOhN9w426knH3Rhby4rFm6D8eO+e+Dq5Gzg=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 h1:P76CopJELS0TiO2mebmnzgWaajssP/EszplttgQxcgc=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6/go.mod h1:/3/Vjq9QcHkK5uEr5lBEmyoZ1iFhe47etQ6QUkpK6sk=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v0.0.0-20180405133222-e7e905edc00e/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.3/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
diff --git a/operatorapi/configure_operator.go b/operatorapi/configure_operator.go
index 5c165d211..365aeb954 100644
--- a/operatorapi/configure_operator.go
+++ b/operatorapi/configure_operator.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzhttp"
+
 	"github.com/minio/console/restapi"
 	"github.com/unrolled/secure"
 
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ func proxyMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 func setupGlobalMiddleware(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	// handle cookie or authorization header for session
 	next := AuthenticationMiddleware(handler)
-	// serve static files
+	// proxy requests
 	next = proxyMiddleware(next)
 	// serve static files
 	next = restapi.FileServerMiddleware(next)
@@ -185,5 +187,6 @@ func setupGlobalMiddleware(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		IsDevelopment:                   false,
 	}
 	secureMiddleware := secure.New(secureOptions)
-	return secureMiddleware.Handler(next)
+	next = secureMiddleware.Handler(next)
+	return gzhttp.GzipHandler(next)
 }
diff --git a/restapi/configure_console.go b/restapi/configure_console.go
index b5adda1b4..b33ef6afc 100644
--- a/restapi/configure_console.go
+++ b/restapi/configure_console.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzhttp"
+
 	portal_ui "github.com/minio/console/portal-ui"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/mimedb"
 
@@ -186,7 +188,9 @@ func setupGlobalMiddleware(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		IsDevelopment:                   false,
 	}
 	secureMiddleware := secure.New(secureOptions)
-	return RejectS3Middleware(secureMiddleware.Handler(next))
+	next = secureMiddleware.Handler(next)
+	gnext := gzhttp.GzipHandler(next)
+	return RejectS3Middleware(gnext)
 }
 
 // RejectS3Middleware will reject requests that have AWS S3 specific headers.