diff --git a/contrib/webserver/piler-nginx.conf b/contrib/webserver/piler-nginx.conf
index 9db50804..0fd30f12 100644
--- a/contrib/webserver/piler-nginx.conf
+++ b/contrib/webserver/piler-nginx.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ server {
         access_log  /var/log/nginx/piler.yourdomain.com-access.log  main;
         error_log   /var/log/nginx/piler.yourdomain.com-error.log;
 
+        gzip  on;
+        gzip_types text/plain application/xml text/css;
+        gzip_vary on;
+
         location / {
             index  index.php index.html;
         }
@@ -34,6 +38,9 @@ server {
             include fastcgi_params;
         }
 
+        location ~* \.(ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
+            expires 2w;
+        }
 
         rewrite /search.php /index.php?route=search/search&type=simple;
         rewrite /advanced.php /index.php?route=search/search&type=advanced;