diff --git a/src/server/server.rs b/src/server/server.rs
index 4c0ecba8230..e5326a651a9 100644
--- a/src/server/server.rs
+++ b/src/server/server.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ where
             .http2_max_ping_strikes(i32::MAX) // For pings without data from clients.
             .keepalive_time(self.cfg.value().grpc_keepalive_time.into())
             .keepalive_timeout(self.cfg.value().grpc_keepalive_timeout.into())
+            .default_compression_algorithm(self.cfg.value().grpc_compression_algorithm())
+            .default_gzip_compression_level(self.cfg.value().grpc_gzip_compression_level)
             .build_args();
 
         let sb = ServerBuilder::new(Arc::clone(&env))