diff --git a/examples/SpdyServer.cc b/examples/SpdyServer.cc
index fe113b42..269e64c8 100644
--- a/examples/SpdyServer.cc
+++ b/examples/SpdyServer.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include <openssl/err.h>
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 #include "spdylay_ssl.h"
 #include "uri.h"
@@ -435,14 +436,18 @@ void prepare_status_response(Request *req, SpdyEventHandler *hd,
        << "</address>"
        << "</body></html>";
     std::string body = ss.str();
-    write(pipefd[1], body.c_str(), body.size());
+    gzFile write_fd = gzdopen(pipefd[1], "w");
+    gzwrite(write_fd, body.c_str(), body.size());
+    gzclose(write_fd);
     close(pipefd[1]);
 
     req->file = pipefd[0];
     spdylay_data_provider data_prd;
     data_prd.source.fd = pipefd[0];
     data_prd.read_callback = file_read_callback;
-    hd->submit_file_response(status, req->stream_id, 0, body.size(), &data_prd);
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > headers;
+    headers.push_back(std::make_pair("content-encoding", "gzip"));
+    hd->submit_response(status, req->stream_id, headers, &data_prd);
   }
 }
 } // namespace