diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a5d3e4..2e5c5e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ inputs:
   bucketName: my-bucket          # (optional) aws bucket name. default is an auto generated name.
   indexDocument: index.html      # (optional) index document for your website. default is index.html.
   errorDocument: index.html      # (optional) error document for your website. default is index.html.
+  compress: false                # (optional) enables cloudfront automatic compression. default is false.
 ```
 
 You could also provide a build hook to run before the source gets uploaded by turning the `src` input into an object:
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 612f084..0098b60 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ const getConfig = (inputs, state) => {
   config.region = inputs.region || state.region || 'us-east-1'
   config.bucketUrl = `http://${config.bucketName}.s3-website-${config.region}.amazonaws.com`
   config.src = inputs.src
+  config.compress = inputs.compress || false
 
   config.distributionId = state.distributionId
   config.distributionUrl = state.distributionUrl
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ const createCloudFrontDistribution = async (clients, config) => {
         SmoothStreaming: false,
         DefaultTTL: 0,
         MaxTTL: 31536000,
-        Compress: false,
+        Compress: config.compress,
         LambdaFunctionAssociations: {
           Quantity: 0,
           Items: []