diff --git a/internal/gitaly/server/server.go b/internal/gitaly/server/server.go
index 7d4e5e7111d894f0a78c3a7d473606ef6a221bb5..5850a6c8d32227a0c05e71ac62aa369886af36f6 100644
--- a/internal/gitaly/server/server.go
+++ b/internal/gitaly/server/server.go
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ func (s *GitalyServerFactory) New(external, secure bool, opts ...Option) (*grpc.
 			Time: 5 * time.Minute,
 		}),
 		grpc.WaitForHandlers(true),
+		grpc.RPCCompressor(grpc.NewGZIPCompressor()),
 	}
 
 	return grpc.NewServer(serverOptions...), nil
diff --git a/internal/praefect/server.go b/internal/praefect/server.go
index 2581bff8fb04c99cb3b0ec67c4afb36c178c6b4d..567943e015ed9a9488f5a5e66c3dd2b75042c6a9 100644
--- a/internal/praefect/server.go
+++ b/internal/praefect/server.go
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ func NewGRPCServer(
 			Time: 5 * time.Minute,
 		}),
 		grpc.WaitForHandlers(true),
+		grpc.RPCCompressor(grpc.NewGZIPCompressor()),
 	}...)
 
 	// Accept backchannel connections so that we can proxy sidechannels