diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
index 0b04eb837..bff842ccf 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Host
 
             services.AddRouting(options => options.LowercaseUrls = true);
 
-            services.AddResponseCompression();
+            services.AddResponseCompression(options => options.EnableForHttps = true);
 
             services.AddCors(options =>
             {