diff --git a/config/nginx.sample.conf b/config/nginx.sample.conf
index d98fe999961..7a8429f0f36 100644
--- a/config/nginx.sample.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.sample.conf
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ server {
     location ~ ^/assets/(?<asset_path>.+)$ {
       expires 1y;
       # asset pipeline enables this
-      # brotli_static on;
+      brotli_static on;
       gzip_static on;
       add_header Cache-Control public,immutable;
       # HOOK in asset location (used for extensibility)