diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 565437c4861a4..543717d89e960 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-servlets</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- Because we mark jetty as provided and shade it, its dependency
          orbit is ignored, so we explicitly list it here (see SPARK-5557).-->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
index 06e616220c706..598f6efd5a4c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import scala.xml.Node
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler._
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet._
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.GzipFilter
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool
 import org.json4s.JValue
 import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods.{pretty, render}
@@ -166,8 +167,26 @@ private[spark] object JettyUtils extends Logging {
     contextHandler
   }
 
+  private def addDefaultFilters(handlers: Seq[ServletContextHandler], conf: SparkConf): Unit = {
+    val compression = conf.getBoolean("spark.ui.compression", true)
+    if (compression) {
+      // Enable gzip for Web UI
+      logInfo("Adding filter: GzipFilter")
+      val holder = new FilterHolder()
+      holder.setClassName(classOf[GzipFilter].getName())
+      holder.setInitParameter("methods", "GET,POST")
+      holder.setInitParameter("mimeTypes", "text/html,text/xml,text/plain,text/css," +
+        "text/javascript,text/json,application/x-javascript,application/javascript," +
+        "application/json,application/xml,application/xml+xhtml,image/svg+xml")
+      val enumDispatcher = java.util.EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.ASYNC, DispatcherType.ERROR,
+        DispatcherType.FORWARD, DispatcherType.INCLUDE, DispatcherType.REQUEST)
+      handlers.foreach { case (handler) => handler.addFilter(holder, "/*", enumDispatcher) }
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Add filters, if any, to the given list of ServletContextHandlers */
   def addFilters(handlers: Seq[ServletContextHandler], conf: SparkConf) {
+    addDefaultFilters(handlers, conf)
     val filters: Array[String] = conf.get("spark.ui.filters", "").split(',').map(_.trim())
     filters.foreach {
       case filter : String =>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00f50166b39b6..ad619d138fdc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -382,6 +382,12 @@
         <version>${jetty.version}</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jetty-servlets</artifactId>
+        <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
         <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
@@ -1442,6 +1448,7 @@
               <include>org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http</include>
               <include>org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-continuation</include>
               <include>org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet</include>
+              <include>org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets</include>
               <include>org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-plus</include>
               <include>org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security</include>
               <include>org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-util</include>