diff --git a/src/nxt_http_compression.c b/src/nxt_http_compression.c
index 4f9c0a0b2..3194e9a87 100644
--- a/src/nxt_http_compression.c
+++ b/src/nxt_http_compression.c
@@ -181,6 +181,109 @@ nxt_http_comp_bound(size_t size)
 }
 
 
+nxt_int_t
+nxt_http_comp_compress_static_response(nxt_task_t *task, nxt_file_t **f,
+                                       nxt_file_info_t *fi,
+                                       size_t static_buf_len,
+                                       size_t *out_total)
+{
+    char           tmp_path[NXT_MAX_PATH_LEN];
+    size_t         in_size, out_size, rest;
+    u_char         *p;
+    uint8_t        *in, *out;
+    nxt_int_t      ret;
+    nxt_file_t     tfile;
+    nxt_runtime_t  *rt = task->thread->runtime;
+
+    static const char  *template = "unit-compr-XXXXXX";
+
+    *out_total = 0;
+
+    if (nxt_slow_path(strlen(rt->tmp) + 1 + strlen(template) + 1
+                      > NXT_MAX_PATH_LEN))
+    {
+        return NXT_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    p = nxt_cpymem(tmp_path, rt->tmp, strlen(rt->tmp));
+    *p++ = '/';
+    p = nxt_cpymem(p, template, strlen(template));
+    *p = '\0';
+
+    tfile.fd = mkstemp(tmp_path);
+    if (nxt_slow_path(tfile.fd == -1)) {
+        nxt_alert(task, "mkstemp(%s) failed %E", tmp_path, nxt_errno);
+        return NXT_ERROR;
+    }
+    unlink(tmp_path);
+
+    in_size = nxt_file_size(fi);
+    out_size = nxt_http_comp_bound(in_size);
+
+    ret = ftruncate(tfile.fd, out_size);
+    if (nxt_slow_path(ret == -1)) {
+        nxt_alert(task, "ftruncate(%d<%s>, %uz) failed %E",
+                  tfile.fd, tmp_path, out_size, nxt_errno);
+        nxt_file_close(task, &tfile);
+        return NXT_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    in = nxt_mem_mmap(NULL, in_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, (*f)->fd, 0);
+    if (nxt_slow_path(in == MAP_FAILED)) {
+        nxt_file_close(task, &tfile);
+        return NXT_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    out = nxt_mem_mmap(NULL, out_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
+                       tfile.fd, 0);
+    if (nxt_slow_path(out == MAP_FAILED)) {
+        nxt_mem_munmap(in, in_size);
+        nxt_file_close(task, &tfile);
+        return NXT_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    rest = in_size;
+
+    do {
+        bool     last;
+        size_t   n;
+        ssize_t  cbytes;
+
+        n = nxt_min(rest, static_buf_len);
+
+        last = n == rest;
+
+        printf("%s: out_off [%ld] in_off [%ld] last [%s]\n",
+               __func__, *out_total, in_size - rest, last ? "true" : "false");
+
+        cbytes = nxt_http_comp_compress(out + *out_total, out_size - *out_total,
+                                        in + in_size - rest, n, last);
+        printf("%s: cbytes [%ld]\n", __func__, cbytes);
+
+        *out_total += cbytes;
+        rest -= n;
+    } while (rest > 0);
+
+    nxt_mem_munmap(in, in_size);
+    msync(out, out_size, MS_ASYNC);
+    nxt_mem_munmap(out, out_size);
+
+    ret = ftruncate(tfile.fd, *out_total);
+    if (nxt_slow_path(ret == -1)) {
+        nxt_alert(task, "ftruncate(%d<%s>, %uz) failed %E",
+                  tfile.fd, tmp_path, *out_total, nxt_errno);
+        nxt_file_close(task, &tfile);
+        return NXT_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    nxt_file_close(task, *f);
+
+    **f = tfile;
+
+    return NXT_OK;
+}
+
+
 bool
 nxt_http_comp_wants_compression(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/nxt_http_compression.h b/src/nxt_http_compression.h
index c88e40331..9dad11da1 100644
--- a/src/nxt_http_compression.h
+++ b/src/nxt_http_compression.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ extern const nxt_http_comp_operations_t  nxt_comp_brotli_ops;
 #endif
 
 
+extern nxt_int_t nxt_http_comp_compress_static_response(nxt_task_t *task,
+    nxt_file_t **f, nxt_file_info_t *fi, size_t static_buf_len,
+    size_t *out_total);
 extern bool nxt_http_comp_wants_compression(void);
 extern bool nxt_http_comp_compressor_is_valid(const nxt_str_t *token);
 extern nxt_int_t nxt_http_comp_check_compression(nxt_task_t *task,
diff --git a/src/nxt_http_static.c b/src/nxt_http_static.c
index 67591595a..bff7e12d9 100644
--- a/src/nxt_http_static.c
+++ b/src/nxt_http_static.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <nxt_router.h>
 #include <nxt_http.h>
+#include <nxt_http_compression.h>
 
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -326,6 +327,8 @@ nxt_http_static_send(nxt_task_t *task, nxt_http_request_t *r,
     nxt_work_handler_t      body_handler;
     nxt_http_static_conf_t  *conf;
 
+    printf("%s: \n", __func__);
+
     action = ctx->action;
     conf = action->u.conf;
     rtcf = r->conf->socket_conf->router_conf;
@@ -576,7 +579,34 @@ nxt_http_static_send(nxt_task_t *task, nxt_http_request_t *r,
             field->value_length = mtype->length;
         }
 
+        r->resp.mime_type = mtype;
+
         if (ctx->need_body && nxt_file_size(&fi) > 0) {
+            ret = nxt_http_comp_check_compression(task, r);
+            if (ret != NXT_OK) {
+                goto fail;
+            }
+
+            if (nxt_http_comp_wants_compression()) {
+                size_t     out_total;
+                nxt_int_t  ret;
+
+                ret = nxt_http_comp_compress_static_response(
+                                                    task, &f, &fi,
+                                                    NXT_HTTP_STATIC_BUF_SIZE,
+                                                    &out_total);
+                if (ret == NXT_ERROR) {
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+
+                ret = nxt_file_info(f, &fi);
+                if (nxt_slow_path(ret != NXT_OK)) {
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+
+                r->resp.content_length_n = out_total;
+            }
+
             fb = nxt_mp_zget(r->mem_pool, NXT_BUF_FILE_SIZE);
             if (nxt_slow_path(fb == NULL)) {
                 goto fail;
@@ -793,6 +823,8 @@ nxt_http_static_body_handler(nxt_task_t *task, void *obj, void *data)
     nxt_work_queue_t    *wq;
     nxt_http_request_t  *r;
 
+    printf("%s: \n", __func__);
+
     r = obj;
     fb = r->out;
 
@@ -853,6 +885,8 @@ nxt_http_static_buf_completion(nxt_task_t *task, void *obj, void *data)
     nxt_off_t           rest;
     nxt_http_request_t  *r;
 
+    printf("%s: \n", __func__);
+
     b = obj;
     r = data;