diff --git a/aws_cloudfront_distribution.tf b/aws_cloudfront_distribution.tf
index 163fe3c..19fca44 100644
--- a/aws_cloudfront_distribution.tf
+++ b/aws_cloudfront_distribution.tf
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ resource "aws_cloudfront_distribution" "s3_distribution" {
     min_ttl     = var.cloudfront_cache_min_ttl
     default_ttl = var.cloudfront_cache_default_ttl
     max_ttl     = var.cloudfront_cache_max_ttl
+    compress    = var.cloudfront_cache_compress_content
+
     allowed_methods = [
       "GET",
       "HEAD",
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index c64a758..dbf0514 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ variable "cloudfront_cache_max_ttl" {
   default     = 300
 }
 
+variable "cloudfront_cache_compress_content" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Whether you want CloudFront to automatically compress content for web requests that include Accept-Encoding: gzip in the request header"
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "distribution_fqdn" {
   type        = string
   description = "Fully qualified domain bound to Cloudfront."