diff --git a/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja b/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja
index 34a044f34..08c81cee9 100644
--- a/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja
+++ b/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ output {
         size_file => 2048
         time_file => 1
         codec => json
+        encoding => gzip
         temporary_directory => "/usr/share/logstash/data/tmp"
         additional_settings => {
             "force_path_style" => true