diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3457329..2f48dd1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -31,6 +37,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
+ "flate2",
  "handlebars",
  "handlebars_sprig",
  "minify",
@@ -99,6 +106,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -114,6 +130,18 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e88a8acf291dafb59c2d96e8f59828f3838bb1a70398823ade51a84de6a6deed"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e6988e897c1c9c485f43b47a529cef42fde0547f9d8d41a7062518f1d8fc53f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.12.4"
@@ -209,6 +237,16 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e93bacfc6ce0cf3e41da4d9415904090e1f7ca8d105c1396907f78d8fee42635"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a92518e98c078586bc6c934028adcca4c92a53d6a958196de835170a01d84e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.44"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d354b16..122c7e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 toml = "0.5"
 chrono = {version = "0.4", features = ["serde"]}
 minify = "1.2"
-handlebars_sprig = { version = "0.1.0" }
\ No newline at end of file
+handlebars_sprig = { version = "0.1.0" }
+flate2 = "1.0.22"
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index ebf5198..2417d28 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
+use flate2::Compression;
+use std::io::{self, Write};
+
 pub fn not_found(route: String, body: String) {
     eprintln!("Not Found: {}", route);
     println!("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
@@ -27,3 +31,23 @@ pub fn send_redirect(route: String, location: String, status: String) {
     eprintln!("redirected {} to {} (Code: {})", route, &location, &status);
     println!("Status: {}\nLocation: {}\n", status, location)
 }
+
+pub fn send_gzip_result(
+    route: String,
+    body: String,
+    content_type: String,
+    status_opt: Option<String>,
+) {
+    eprintln!("responded: {}", route);
+
+    // Intentionally do not override the Wagi default behavior with a default Bartholomew message.
+    if let Some(status) = status_opt {
+        println!("Status: {}", status);
+    }
+    println!("Content-Encoding: {}", "gzip");
+    println!("Content-Type: {}\n", content_type);
+
+    let mut e = GzEncoder::new(Vec::new(), Compression::default());
+    e.write_all(body.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    io::stdout().write_all(&e.finish().unwrap()).unwrap();
+}