diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionConfig.java b/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionConfig.java
index 7f8825ebfc4..001a68c8e63 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionConfig.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionConfig.java
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.compression.server;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpField;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpHeader;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.MimeTypes;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.PreEncodedHttpField;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.pathmap.PathSpecSet;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ public class CompressionConfig extends AbstractLifeCycle
         if (matchedEncoding == null)
             return null;
 
-        if (!compressMimeTypes.test(request.getMethod()))
+        if (!compressMethods.test(request.getMethod()))
             return null;
 
         if (!compressPaths.test(pathInContext))
@@ -586,6 +588,53 @@ public class CompressionConfig extends AbstractLifeCycle
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Setup MimeType exclusion and path exclusion from the provided {@link MimeTypes} configuration.
+         *
+         * @param mimeTypes the mime types to iterate.
+         * @return this builder.
+         */
+        public Builder from(MimeTypes mimeTypes)
+        {
+            for (String type : mimeTypes.getMimeMap().values())
+            {
+                if ("image/svg+xml".equals(type))
+                {
+                    compressMimeTypeExclude(type);
+                    decompressMimeTypeExclude(type);
+                    compressPathExclude("*.svgz");
+                    decompressPathExclude("*.svgz");
+                }
+                else if (type.startsWith("image/") ||
+                    type.startsWith("audio/") ||
+                    type.startsWith("video/"))
+                {
+                    compressMimeTypeExclude(type);
+                    decompressMimeTypeExclude(type);
+                }
+            }
+
+            Stream.of("application/compress",
+                "application/zip",
+                "application/gzip",
+                "application/x-bzip2",
+                "application/brotli",
+                "application/x-br",
+                "application/x-xz",
+                "application/x-rar-compressed",
+                "application/vnd.bzip3",
+                "application/zstd",
+                // It is possible to use SSE with CompressionHandler, but only if you use `gzip` encoding with syncFlush to true which will impact performance.
+                "text/event-stream"
+                ).forEach((type) ->
+            {
+                compressMimeTypeExclude(type);
+                decompressMimeTypeExclude(type);
+            });
+
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Initialize builder with existing {@link CompressionConfig}
          *
diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionHandler.java b/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionHandler.java
index 6da11a8ca2b..101e425ab6a 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/server/CompressionHandler.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.http.EtagUtils;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpField;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpFields;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpHeader;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.MimeTypes;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.pathmap.MatchedResource;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.pathmap.PathMappings;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.pathmap.PathSpec;
@@ -224,7 +225,10 @@ public class CompressionHandler extends Handler.Wrapper
         if (pathConfigs.isEmpty())
         {
             // add default configuration if no paths have been configured.
-            pathConfigs.put("/", CompressionConfig.builder().build());
+            pathConfigs.put("/",
+                CompressionConfig.builder()
+                    .from(MimeTypes.DEFAULTS)
+                    .build());
         }
 
         super.doStart();
diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/CompressionHandlerTest.java b/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/CompressionHandlerTest.java
index 9f419dc0b75..c5d96fe1ad4 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/CompressionHandlerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-compression/jetty-compression-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/compression/CompressionHandlerTest.java
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ public class CompressionHandlerTest extends AbstractCompressionTest
     /**
      * Testing how CompressionHandler acts with a single compression implementation added.
      * Configuration is only using {@code decompressMethods} excluding {@code PUT}, and including both
-     * {@code GET} and {@code POST}
+     * {@code GET} and {@code POST}.  This is focused on the decompression of request bodies.
      */
     @ParameterizedTest
     @CsvSource(textBlock = """