diff --git a/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift b/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift
index 135fa752fa..d0c5b0421a 100644
--- a/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift
+++ b/Sources/Vapor/HTTP/Server/HTTPServer.swift
@@ -474,6 +474,28 @@ extension ChannelPipeline {
         let http2 = HTTP2FramePayloadToHTTP1ServerCodec()
         handlers.append(http2)
         
+        // add response compressor if configured
+        switch configuration.responseCompression.storage {
+        case .enabled(let initialByteBufferCapacity):
+            let responseCompressionHandler = HTTPResponseCompressor(
+                initialByteBufferCapacity: initialByteBufferCapacity
+            )
+            handlers.append(responseCompressionHandler)
+        case .disabled:
+            break
+        }
+
+        // add request decompressor if configured
+        switch configuration.requestDecompression.storage {
+        case .enabled(let limit):
+            let requestDecompressionHandler = NIOHTTPRequestDecompressor(
+                limit: limit
+            )
+            handlers.append(requestDecompressionHandler)
+        case .disabled:
+            break
+        }
+        
         // add NIO -> HTTP request decoder
         let serverReqDecoder = HTTPServerRequestDecoder(
             application: application