diff --git a/modules/nodepool/files/nodepool-log.htaccess b/modules/nodepool/files/nodepool-log.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..494e8a7abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nodepool/files/nodepool-log.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text
+</IfModule>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp b/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp
index 9f282ed99c..ff268084bf 100644
--- a/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp
@@ -267,6 +267,17 @@ class nodepool (
         ],
       }
     }
+
+    # htaccess to enable the large .log files to send with gzip
+    # compression
+    file { "${image_log_document_root}/.htaccess":
+      ensure  => present,
+      source  => 'puppet:///modules/nodepool/nodepool-log.htaccess',
+      mode    => '0644',
+      owner   => 'nodepool',
+      group   => 'nodepool',
+      require => File[$image_log_document_root],
+    }
   }
 
   if $sudo == true {