diff --git a/net/nginx/Makefile b/net/nginx/Makefile
index 85f97bc9d..50635960d 100644
--- a/net/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/net/nginx/Makefile
@@ -429,18 +429,18 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_NGINX_HTTP_BROTLI),y)
   define Download/nginx-brotli
-    VERSION:=e26248ee361c04e25f581b92b85d95681bdffb39
+    VERSION:=dc37f658ccb5a51d090dc09d1a2aca2f24309869
     SUBDIR:=nginx-brotli
-    FILE:=ngx-brotli-module-$$(VERSION).tar.gz
+    FILE:=ngx-brotli-module-$$(VERSION).tar.xz
     URL:=https://github.com/eustas/ngx_brotli.git
-    MIRROR_HASH:=76b891ba49f82f0cfbc9cba875646e26ee986b522373e0aa2698a9923a4adcdb
+    MIRROR_HASH:=6bc0c40ff24f6e0ac616dfddc803bdc7fcf54764ba9dc4f9cecb3a68beedcdaf
     PROTO:=git
   endef
   $(eval $(call Download,nginx-brotli))
 
   define Prepare/nginx-brotli
 	$(eval $(Download/nginx-brotli))
-	gzip -dc $(DL_DIR)/$(FILE) | tar -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS)
+	xzcat $(DL_DIR)/$(FILE) | tar -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS)
   endef
 endif
 
diff --git a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf
index 31af664a2..5b0f3da0a 100644
--- a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf
+++ b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ http {
 
     sendfile on;
     keepalive_timeout 0;
-    
+
     client_body_buffer_size 10K;
     client_header_buffer_size 1k;
     client_max_body_size 1G;
@@ -31,14 +31,15 @@ http {
     gzip_vary on;
     gzip_comp_level 1;
     gzip_proxied any;
-    
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript image/svg+xml;
+
     root /www;
 
     server {
         listen 80 default_server;
         listen [::]:80 default_server;
         server_name  localhost;
-        
+
         location ~* .(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
             expires 365d;
         }
diff --git a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf
index 318453b54..db33e554c 100644
--- a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf
+++ b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ http {
 
     sendfile on;
     keepalive_timeout 0;
-    
+
     client_body_buffer_size 10K;
     client_header_buffer_size 1k;
     client_max_body_size 1G;
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ http {
     gzip_vary on;
     gzip_comp_level 1;
     gzip_proxied any;
-    
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript image/svg+xml;
+
     root /www;
-    
+
     server {
         listen 80 default_server;
         listen [::]:80 default_server;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ http {
         listen 443 ssl default_server;
         listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
         server_name  localhost;
-        
+
         ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
         ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
         ssl_ciphers "EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH:DHE+AESGCM:DHE:!RSA!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!RC4:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS:!CAMELLIA:!SEED";
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ http {
 
         ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/nginx.cer;
         ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/nginx.key;
-        
+
         location ~* .(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
             expires 365d;
         }