diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 778800f..03454ff 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ php_value register_globals 0
 php_value short_open_tag 0
 php_value register_long_arrays 0
 php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0
+php_flag zlib.output_compression on