diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/server/JettyServer.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/server/JettyServer.java
index 10b65131a2..8180c75fa0 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/server/JettyServer.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/server/JettyServer.java
@@ -16,32 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.nifi.web.server;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileFilter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.NetworkInterface;
-import java.net.SocketException;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
-import java.util.jar.JarFile;
-
-import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-
 import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -72,6 +46,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ResourceHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.gzip.GzipHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.ResourceCollection;
@@ -88,6 +63,31 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
 
+import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
+import java.util.jar.JarFile;
+
 /**
  * Encapsulates the Jetty instance.
  */
@@ -326,7 +326,20 @@ public class JettyServer implements NiFiServer {
         handlers.addHandler(loadWar(webErrorWar, "/", frameworkClassLoader));
 
         // deploy the web apps
-        server.setHandler(handlers);
+        server.setHandler(gzip(handlers));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Enables compression for the specified handler.
+     *
+     * @param handler handler to enable compression for
+     * @return compression enabled handler
+     */
+    private Handler gzip(final Handler handler) {
+        final GzipHandler gzip = new GzipHandler();
+        gzip.setIncludedMethods("GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE");
+        gzip.setHandler(handler);
+        return gzip;
     }
 
     private Map<File, File> findWars(final Set<File> narWorkingDirectories) {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 2f01bd46b8..6575abea22 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -70,16 +70,4 @@
         <filter-name>requestLogger</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
     </filter-mapping>
-    <filter>
-        <filter-name>gzipCompressionFilter</filter-name>
-        <filter-class>org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.GzipFilter</filter-class>
-        <init-param>
-            <param-name>methods</param-name>
-            <param-value>get,post,put</param-value>
-        </init-param>
-    </filter>
-    <filter-mapping>
-        <filter-name>gzipCompressionFilter</filter-name>
-        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
-    </filter-mapping>
 </web-app>