diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
index 650632b7f38..f30ff4189ca 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
                         @Override
                         protected DeflaterOutputStream createStream() throws IOException
                         {
-                            return new DeflaterOutputStream(_response.getOutputStream());
+                            return new DeflaterOutputStream(_response.getOutputStream(),new Deflater(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION));
                         }
                     };
                 }
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/IncludableGzipFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/IncludableGzipFilter.java
index 972393e1644..95de423bc4b 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/IncludableGzipFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/IncludableGzipFilter.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public class IncludableGzipFilter extends GzipFilter
                         @Override
                         protected DeflaterOutputStream createStream() throws IOException
                         {
-                            return new DeflaterOutputStream(_response.getOutputStream());
+                            return new DeflaterOutputStream(_response.getOutputStream(),new Deflater(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION));
                         }
                     };
                 }