diff --git a/src/plugins/restAPI/changelog.html b/src/plugins/restAPI/changelog.html
index 940bedf43a6eb6da8785c3ba135e9215108d7ee4..14c066724b7aee4ab820f3b764d95435183d7903 100644
--- a/src/plugins/restAPI/changelog.html
+++ b/src/plugins/restAPI/changelog.html
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 REST API Plugin Changelog
 </h1>
 
+<p><b>1.3.2</b> -- April 25th, 2018</p>
+<ul>
+     <li>Added: GZIP compression</li>
+</ul>
+
 <p><b>1.3.1</b> -- April 20th, 2018</p>
 <ul>
      <li>Fixed: That created rooms were not propagated to other nodes <a href="https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1535">OF-1535</a></li>
diff --git a/src/plugins/restAPI/plugin.xml b/src/plugins/restAPI/plugin.xml
index 6f92f23ec42a5243015c024dca49f54d293bda3a..683d39663b09b2731d855b263fb9be21e055bb9f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/restAPI/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/restAPI/plugin.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     <name>REST API</name>
     <description>Allows administration over a RESTful API.</description>
     <author>Roman Soldatow</author>
-    <version>1.3.1</version>
-    <date>04/20/2018</date>
+    <version>1.3.2</version>
+    <date>04/25/2018</date>
     <minServerVersion>4.1.0</minServerVersion>
     <adminconsole>
         <tab id="tab-server">
diff --git a/src/plugins/restAPI/pom.xml b/src/plugins/restAPI/pom.xml
index 534de985ac7d383d097bf746b0d97c47b9e56e65..7d6258592e320f0311d75cc3b41eef36d20a0f23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/restAPI/pom.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/restAPI/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>restAPI</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.1</version>
+    <version>1.3.2</version>
     <name>Rest API Plugin</name>
     <description>Allows administration over a RESTful API.</description>
     
diff --git a/src/plugins/restAPI/readme.html b/src/plugins/restAPI/readme.html
index 24233b2fc9ae70c8a574d9cfca5d76115cdfd492..232c8815a94fd0d5a8d37a238b56e7e3db855ab3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/restAPI/readme.html
+++ b/src/plugins/restAPI/readme.html
@@ -1998,8 +1998,10 @@ DELETE /chatrooms/{roomName}/{roles}/{name}</p>
 </blockquote>
 <h1 id="data-format">Data format</h1>
 <p>Openfire REST API provides XML and JSON as data format. The default data format is XML.<br>
-To get a JSON result, please add “<strong>Accept application/json</strong>” to the request header.<br>
-If you want to create a resource with JSON data format, please add “<strong>Content-Type: application/json</strong>”.</p>
+To get a JSON result, please add “<strong>Accept: application/json</strong>” to the request header.<br>
+If you want to create a resource with JSON data format, please add “<strong>Content-Type: application/json</strong>”.<br>
+Since version RESP API 1.3.2 you can also use GZIP to compress the payload of the request or and the response.<br>
+“<strong>Content-Encoding: gzip</strong>” for the request. “<strong>Accept-Encoding: gzip</strong>” for the response.</p>
 <h2 id="data-types">Data types</h2>
 <h3 id="user">User</h3>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/restAPI/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/plugin/rest/service/JerseyWrapper.java b/src/plugins/restAPI/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/plugin/rest/service/JerseyWrapper.java
index 029872abc04c55106ccbb692a9275f7c1c26a3fa..733029cd7899ecca7e227c88a707afaf80133a62 100644
--- a/src/plugins/restAPI/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/plugin/rest/service/JerseyWrapper.java
+++ b/src/plugins/restAPI/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/plugin/rest/service/JerseyWrapper.java
@@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ public class JerseyWrapper extends ServletContainer {
     
     /** The Constant CONTAINER_RESPONSE_FILTERS. */
     private static final String CONTAINER_RESPONSE_FILTERS = "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerResponseFilters";
+    
+    /** The Constant GZIP_FILTER. */
+    private static final String GZIP_FILTER = "com.sun.jersey.api.container.filter.GZIPContentEncodingFilter";
 
     /** The Constant RESOURCE_CONFIG_CLASS_KEY. */
     private static final String RESOURCE_CONFIG_CLASS_KEY = "com.sun.jersey.config.property.resourceConfigClass";
 
     /** The Constant RESOURCE_CONFIG_CLASS. */
     private static final String RESOURCE_CONFIG_CLASS = "com.sun.jersey.api.core.PackagesResourceConfig";
-
+    
     /** The Constant SCAN_PACKAGE_DEFAULT. */
     private static final String SCAN_PACKAGE_DEFAULT = JerseyWrapper.class.getPackage().getName();
 
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ public class JerseyWrapper extends ServletContainer {
         prc = new PackagesResourceConfig(SCAN_PACKAGE_DEFAULT);
         prc.setPropertiesAndFeatures(config);		
         prc.getProperties().put(CONTAINER_RESPONSE_FILTERS, CORSFILTER);
+        prc.getProperties().put(CONTAINER_RESPONSE_FILTERS, GZIP_FILTER);
         loadAuthenticationFilter();
 
         prc.getClasses().add(RestAPIService.class);
@@ -132,7 +136,8 @@ public class JerseyWrapper extends ServletContainer {
             loadingStatusMessage = "No custom auth filter found for restAPI plugin! " + customAuthFilterClassName + " " + restAuthType;
         }
         
-        prc.getProperties().put(CONTAINER_REQUEST_FILTERS, pickedAuthFilter);	
+        prc.getProperties().put(CONTAINER_REQUEST_FILTERS, pickedAuthFilter);
+        prc.getProperties().put(CONTAINER_REQUEST_FILTERS, GZIP_FILTER);
         return loadingStatusMessage;
     }