diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index c56373614..ff9392c46 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   $gzip_min_length                = 20,
   $gzip_http_version              = 1.1,
   $gzip_proxied                   = 'off',
-  $gzip_types                     = 'text/html',
+  $gzip_types                     = undef,
   $gzip_vary                      = 'off',
   $http_cfg_append                = false,
   $http_tcp_nodelay               = 'on',