diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0389c70b..1bdfb3c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### HEAD
 
+* Compress cache manifest files (`.appcache` / `.manifest`).
 * Move all compression related configs under the `Compression` section
   [[73a107e](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/commit/73a107ed0cb9ae4b3ec966e8e246b7a6f4bbd059)].
 
diff --git a/src/.htaccess b/src/.htaccess
index 1e327221..c5b245f1 100644
--- a/src/.htaccess
+++ b/src/.htaccess
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
                                       font/opentype \
                                       image/svg+xml \
                                       image/x-icon \
+                                      text/cache-manifest \
                                       text/css \
                                       text/html \
                                       text/plain \
diff --git a/test/fixtures/content/.htaccess b/test/fixtures/content/.htaccess
index e826457f..14e06ba3 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/content/.htaccess
+++ b/test/fixtures/content/.htaccess
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
                                       font/opentype \
                                       image/svg+xml \
                                       image/x-icon \
+                                      text/cache-manifest \
                                       text/css \
                                       text/html \
                                       text/plain \
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index b1c60d1e..e35655a2 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ var tests = [
             'test.appcache': {
                 headers: generateHeaders({
                     'cache-control': 'max-age=0, no-transform',
-                    'content-encoding': undefined,
                     'content-type': 'text/cache-manifest'
                 })
             },
@@ -245,7 +244,6 @@ var tests = [
             'test.manifest': {
                 headers: generateHeaders({
                     'cache-control': 'max-age=0, no-transform',
-                    'content-encoding': undefined,
                     'content-type': 'text/cache-manifest'
                 })
             },