diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 9a84ec1..1c08b55 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -22,3 +22,51 @@ Allow from all
   # MultiViews can mess up our rewriting scheme
   Options -MultiViews
 </IfModule>
+
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+  # Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types
+  <IfModule mod_filter.c>
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
+                                  application/javascript \
+                                  application/json \
+                                  application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
+                                  application/x-font-ttf \
+                                  application/x-web-app-manifest+json \
+                                  application/xhtml+xml \
+                                  application/xml \
+                                  font/opentype \
+                                  image/svg+xml \
+                                  image/x-icon \
+                                  text/css \
+                                  text/html \
+                                  text/plain \
+                                  text/xml
+  </IfModule>
+</IfModule>
+
+# Configure cache expiry for different file types
+<IfModule mod_expires.c>
+  ExpiresActive on
+  ExpiresDefault                                      "access plus 1 second"
+
+  ExpiresByType text/css                              "access plus 1 year"
+  ExpiresByType application/json                      "access plus 0 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType application/xml                       "access plus 0 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType text/xml                              "access plus 0 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType image/x-icon                          "access plus 1 week"
+  ExpiresByType text/html                             "access plus 0 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType application/javascript                "access plus 1 year"
+  ExpiresByType application/x-web-app-manifest+json   "access plus 0 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest                   "access plus 0 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType image/gif                             "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType image/jpeg                            "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType image/png                             "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType application/atom+xml                  "access plus 1 hour"
+  ExpiresByType application/rss+xml                   "access plus 1 hour"
+  ExpiresByType application/font-woff2                "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType application/font-woff                 "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject         "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf                "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType font/opentype                         "access plus 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType image/svg+xml                         "access plus 1 month"
+</IfModule>