diff --git a/DOCS.md b/DOCS.md
index 24d87c1..ea5899f 100644
--- a/DOCS.md
+++ b/DOCS.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Use the S3 sync plugin to synchronize files and folders with an Amazon S3 bucket
 * `target` - target folder in your S3 bucket
 * `delete` - deletes files in the target not found in the source
 * `content_type` - override default mime-types to use this value
+* `content_encoding` - override default content encoding header for files
 * `metadata` - set custom metadata
 * `redirects` - targets that should redirect elsewhere
 * `cloudfront_distribution_id` - (optional) the cloudfront distribution id to invalidate after syncing
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ publish:
     cloudfront_distribution_id: "9c5785d3ece6a9cdefa4"
 ```
 
-Both `acl` and `content_type` can be passed as a string value to apply to all files, or as a map to apply to a subset of files.
+The `acl`, `content_type`, and `content_encoding` parameters can be passed as a string value to apply to all files, or as a map to apply to a subset of files.
 
 For example:
 
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ publish:
       "private/*": private
     content_type:
       ".svg": image/svg+xml
+    content_encoding:
+      ".js": gzip
+      ".css": gzip
     region: "us-east-1"
     bucket: "my-bucket.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
     access_key: "970d28f4dd477bc184fbd10b376de753"
@@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ In the case of `acl` the key of the map is a glob. If there are no matches in yo
 
 The `content_type` field the key is an extension including the leading dot `.`. If you want to set a content type for files with no extension, set the key to the empty string `""`. If there are no matches for the `content_type` of any file, one will automatically be determined for you.
 
+In the  `content_encoding` field the key is an extension including the leading dot `.`. If you want to set a encoding type for files with no extension, set the key
+to th empty string `""`. If there are no matches for the `content_encoding` of a file, no content-encoding header will be added.
+
 The `metadata` field can be set as either an object where the keys are the metadata headers:
 
 ```yaml
diff --git a/aws.go b/aws.go
index 56ddd41..7d114f3 100644
--- a/aws.go
+++ b/aws.go
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ func (a *AWS) Upload(local, remote string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var contentEncoding string
+	if a.vargs.ContentEncoding.IsString() {
+		contentEncoding = a.vargs.ContentEncoding.String()
+	} else if !a.vargs.ContentEncoding.IsEmpty() {
+		encodingMap := a.vargs.ContentEncoding.Map()
+		for patternExt := range encodingMap {
+			if patternExt == fileExt {
+				contentEncoding = encodingMap[patternExt]
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	metadata := map[string]*string{}
 	vmap := a.vargs.Metadata.Map()
 	if len(vmap) > 0 {
@@ -108,15 +121,21 @@ func (a *AWS) Upload(local, remote string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		debug("Uploading \"%s\" with Content-Type \"%s\" and permissions \"%s\"", local, contentType, access)
-		_, err = a.client.PutObject(&s3.PutObjectInput{
+		debug("\"%s\" not found in bucket, uploading with Content-Type \"%s\" and permissions \"%s\"", local, contentType, access)
+		var putObject = &s3.PutObjectInput{
 			Bucket:      aws.String(a.vargs.Bucket),
 			Key:         aws.String(remote),
 			Body:        file,
 			ContentType: aws.String(contentType),
 			ACL:         aws.String(access),
 			Metadata:    metadata,
-		})
+		}
+
+		if(len(contentEncoding) > 0) {
+			putObject.ContentEncoding = aws.String(contentEncoding)
+		}
+
+		_, err = a.client.PutObject(putObject)
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -137,6 +156,16 @@ func (a *AWS) Upload(local, remote string) error {
 			shouldCopy = true
 		}
 
+		if !shouldCopy && head.ContentEncoding == nil && contentEncoding != "" {
+			debug("Content-Encoding has changed from unset to %s", contentEncoding)
+			shouldCopy = true
+		}
+
+		if !shouldCopy && head.ContentEncoding != nil && contentEncoding != *head.ContentEncoding {
+			debug("Content-Encoding has changed from %s to %s", *head.ContentEncoding, contentEncoding)
+			shouldCopy = true
+		}
+
 		if !shouldCopy && len(head.Metadata) != len(metadata) {
 			debug("Count of metadata values has changed for %s", local)
 			shouldCopy = true
@@ -193,7 +222,7 @@ func (a *AWS) Upload(local, remote string) error {
 		}
 
 		debug("Updating metadata for \"%s\" Content-Type: \"%s\", ACL: \"%s\"", local, contentType, access)
-		_, err = a.client.CopyObject(&s3.CopyObjectInput{
+		var copyObject = &s3.CopyObjectInput{
 			Bucket:            aws.String(a.vargs.Bucket),
 			Key:               aws.String(remote),
 			CopySource:        aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", a.vargs.Bucket, remote)),
@@ -201,7 +230,13 @@ func (a *AWS) Upload(local, remote string) error {
 			ContentType:       aws.String(contentType),
 			Metadata:          metadata,
 			MetadataDirective: aws.String("REPLACE"),
-		})
+		}
+
+		if(len(contentEncoding) > 0) {
+			copyObject.ContentEncoding = aws.String(contentEncoding)
+		}
+
+		_, err = a.client.CopyObject(copyObject)
 		return err
 	} else {
 		_, err = file.Seek(0, 0)
@@ -210,14 +245,20 @@ func (a *AWS) Upload(local, remote string) error {
 		}
 
 		debug("Uploading \"%s\" with Content-Type \"%s\" and permissions \"%s\"", local, contentType, access)
-		_, err = a.client.PutObject(&s3.PutObjectInput{
+		var putObject = &s3.PutObjectInput{
 			Bucket:      aws.String(a.vargs.Bucket),
 			Key:         aws.String(remote),
 			Body:        file,
 			ContentType: aws.String(contentType),
 			ACL:         aws.String(access),
 			Metadata:    metadata,
-		})
+		}
+
+		if(len(contentEncoding) > 0){
+			putObject.ContentEncoding = aws.String(contentEncoding)
+		}
+
+		_, err = a.client.PutObject(putObject)
 		return err
 	}
 }
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index dde55dc..7f35f34 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type PluginArgs struct {
 	Delete                 bool              `json:"delete"`
 	Access                 StringMap         `json:"acl"`
 	ContentType            StringMap         `json:"content_type"`
+	ContentEncoding        StringMap         `json:"content_encoding"`
 	Metadata               DeepStringMap     `json:"metadata"`
 	Redirects              map[string]string `json:"redirects"`
 	CloudFrontDistribution string            `json:"cloudfront_distribution_id"`