diff --git a/htdocs/.htaccess b/htdocs/.htaccess
index 761a0f759..b1c326f78 100644
--- a/htdocs/.htaccess
+++ b/htdocs/.htaccess
@@ -1,2 +1,21 @@
+#Compression...
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain text/html text/css application/javascript application/x-javascript
+
+  # Netscape 4.x has some problems...
+  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
+
+  # Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems
+  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
+
+  # MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine
+  # BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
+
+  # NOTE: Due to a bug in mod_setenvif up to Apache 2.0.48
+  # the above regex won't work. You can use the following
+  # workaround to get the desired effect:
+  BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
+</IfModule>
+
 #Redirect "devinfo.html" to the new place...
 Redirect permanent /devinfo.html http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/devinfo/
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