diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
index 06e616220c706..f413c1d37fbb6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
@@ -210,10 +210,16 @@ private[spark] object JettyUtils extends Logging {
       conf: SparkConf,
       serverName: String = ""): ServerInfo = {
 
-    val collection = new ContextHandlerCollection
-    collection.setHandlers(handlers.toArray)
     addFilters(handlers, conf)
 
+    val collection = new ContextHandlerCollection
+    val gzipHandlers = handlers.map { h =>
+      val gzipHandler = new GzipHandler
+      gzipHandler.setHandler(h)
+      gzipHandler
+    }
+    collection.setHandlers(gzipHandlers.toArray)
+
     // Bind to the given port, or throw a java.net.BindException if the port is occupied
     def connect(currentPort: Int): (Server, Int) = {
       val server = new Server(new InetSocketAddress(hostName, currentPort))