diff --git a/image/base/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf b/image/base/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf
index 612cffa8e..5fd37e9f6 100644
--- a/image/base/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf
+++ b/image/base/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 types {
   text/csv csv;
   application/wasm wasm;
+  font/ttf ttf;
+  font/otf otf;
 }
 
 upstream discourse {
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ server {
   gzip_vary on;
   gzip_min_length 1000;
   gzip_comp_level 5;
-  gzip_types application/json text/css text/javascript application/x-javascript application/javascript image/svg+xml application/wasm;
+  gzip_types application/json text/css text/javascript application/x-javascript application/javascript image/svg+xml application/wasm font/ttf font/otf;
   gzip_proxied any;
 
   server_name _;