diff --git a/vendor/docker/webapp.conf b/vendor/docker/webapp.conf
index 1ac66a460..79245231b 100644
--- a/vendor/docker/webapp.conf
+++ b/vendor/docker/webapp.conf
@@ -12,4 +12,11 @@ server {
     location = / {  
         return 301 https://support.datacite.org/docs/api;
     }
+
+    location /client-api/graphql {
+        gzip            on;
+        gzip_min_length 1000;
+        gzip_proxied    expired no-cache no-store private auth;
+        gzip_types      text/plain application/json;
+    }
 }