diff --git a/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/router/index.js b/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/router/index.js
index 83cae444f1..8eeea89a34 100644
--- a/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/router/index.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/router/index.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ module.exports = strapi => {
 
         // Parse each route from the user config, load policies if any
         // and match the controller and action to the desired endpoint.
-        _.forEach(_.omit(strapi.config.routes, 'plugins'), (value, endpoint) => {
+        _.forEach(strapi.config.routes, (value, endpoint) => {
           try {
             const { route, policies, action } = routerChecker(value, endpoint);
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module.exports = strapi => {
         });
 
         // Parse each plugin's routes.
-        _.forEach(strapi.config.routes.plugins, (value, plugin) => {
+        _.forEach(strapi.config.plugins.routes, (value, plugin) => {
           try {
             // Create router for each plugin.
             // Prefix router with the plugin's name.
diff --git a/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/static/index.js b/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/static/index.js
index 11cec36fff..9d897c1328 100644
--- a/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/static/index.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/core/static/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 // Node.js core.
 const path = require('path');
 
+// Public modules
+const koa = require('koa');
+
 /**
  * Public assets hook
  */
@@ -28,9 +31,23 @@ module.exports = strapi => {
 
     initialize: cb => {
       if (strapi.config.static === true) {
-        strapi.app.use(strapi.middlewares.static(path.resolve(strapi.config.appPath, strapi.config.paths.static)));
+        strapi.app.use(strapi.middlewares.static(path.resolve(strapi.config.appPath, strapi.config.paths.static), {
+          gzip: true
+        }));
       }
 
+      // Mount static to a specific path (pattern: `/plugins/xXx`)
+      _.forEach(strapi.plugins, (value, plugin) => {
+        // Create koa sub-app
+        const app = koa();
+
+        app.use(strapi.middlewares.static(path.resolve(strapi.config.appPath, 'plugins', plugin, strapi.config.paths.static), {
+          gzip: true
+        }));
+
+        strapi.app.use(strapi.middlewares.mount(path.join('/plugins', plugin), app));
+      });
+
       cb();
     }
   };
diff --git a/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/dictionary/_plugins/index.js b/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/dictionary/_plugins/index.js
index 6d3e3dfa02..d6a2c74299 100644
--- a/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/dictionary/_plugins/index.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/lib/configuration/hooks/dictionary/_plugins/index.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module.exports = strapi => {
           strapi.plugins[plugin.name] = _.omitBy(_.get(strapi.plugins, plugin.name), _.isEmpty);
 
           // Merge API routes with the main ones.
-          _.set(strapi.config.routes, 'plugins.' + plugin.name, _.get(strapi.plugins, plugin.name + '.config.routes'));
+          _.set(strapi.config, 'plugins.routes.' + plugin.name, _.get(strapi.plugins, plugin.name + '.config.routes'));
 
           // If the module doesn't have a definition at all
           // just remove it completely from the dictionary.
diff --git a/packages/strapi/package.json b/packages/strapi/package.json
index 3eb6b57566..fcd9069896 100644
--- a/packages/strapi/package.json
+++ b/packages/strapi/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "koa-load-middlewares": "~1.0.0",
     "koa-locale": "~1.2.0",
     "koa-lusca": "~2.2.0",
+    "koa-mount": "^1.3.0",
     "koa-proxy": "~0.6.0",
     "koa-response-time": "~1.0.2",
     "koa-router": "~5.4.0",