diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/gzip/index.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/gzip/index.js
index 354d5f67e4..63ae1539c7 100644
--- a/lib/configuration/hooks/gzip/index.js
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/gzip/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function (strapi) {
 
     initialize: function (cb) {
       if (strapi.config.gzip === true) {
-        strapi.app.use(strapi.middlewares.gzip());
+        strapi.app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
       }
 
       cb();
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/index.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9bf10a1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = function () {
+  const hook = {
+
+    /**
+     * Default options
+     */
+
+    defaults: {
+      enabled: true
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the hook
+     */
+
+    initialize: function (cb) {
+      cb();
+    }
+  };
+
+  return hook;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/policies/responses.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/policies/responses.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4950574f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/policies/responses.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies
+ */
+
+// Public node modules.
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+// Local utilities.
+const responses = require('../responses/index');
+
+/**
+ * Policy used to add responses in the `this.response` object.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function * (next) {
+  // Add the custom responses to the `this.response` object.
+  this.response = _.merge(this.response, responses);
+
+  yield next;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/badRequest.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/badRequest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3db16c028a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/badRequest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Default `badRequest` response.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function * badRequest(data) {
+  // Set the status.
+  this.status = 400;
+
+  // Delete the `data` object if the app is used in production environment.
+  if (strapi.config.environment === 'production') {
+    data = undefined;
+  }
+
+  // Finally send the response.
+  this.body = data;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/created.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/created.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fc30654a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/created.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Default `created` response.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function * created(data) {
+  // Set the status.
+  this.status = 201;
+
+  // Finally send the response.
+  this.body = data;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/forbidden.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/forbidden.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7fcf42ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/forbidden.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Default `forbidden` response.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function * forbidden(data) {
+  // Set the status.
+  this.status = 403;
+
+  // Delete the `data` object if the app is used in production environment.
+  if (strapi.config.environment === 'production') {
+    data = undefined;
+  }
+
+  // Finally send the response.
+  this.body = data;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/index.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc310714d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Index of the responses hook responses.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  badRequest: require('./badRequest'),
+  created: require('./created'),
+  forbidden: require('./forbidden'),
+  notFound: require('./notFound'),
+  ok: require('./ok'),
+  serverError: require('./serverError')
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/notFound.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/notFound.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73d5074c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/notFound.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Default `notFound` response.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function * notFound(data) {
+  // Set the status.
+  this.status = 404;
+
+  // Delete the `data` object if the app is used in production environment.
+  if (strapi.config.environment === 'production') {
+    data = undefined;
+  }
+
+  // Finally send the response.
+  this.body = data;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/ok.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/ok.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1185ceccde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/ok.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Default `ok` response.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function sendOk(data) {
+  // Set the status.
+  this.status = 200;
+
+  // Finally send the response.
+  this.body = data;
+};
diff --git a/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/serverError.js b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/serverError.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be0e962e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration/hooks/responses/responses/serverError.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Default `serverError` response.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function * serverError(data) {
+  // Set the status.
+  this.status = 500;
+
+  // Delete the `data` object if the app is used in production environment.
+  if (strapi.config.environment === 'production') {
+    data = undefined;
+  }
+
+  // Finally send the response.
+  this.body = data;
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 87d74f0877..3b65bf006f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
     "koa": "~1.1.2",
     "koa-bodyparser": "~2.0.1",
     "koa-compose": "~2.3.0",
+    "koa-compress": "^1.0.9",
     "koa-cors": "~0.0.16",
     "koa-favicon": "~1.2.0",
     "koa-graphql": "^0.4.5",
-    "koa-gzip": "~0.1.0",
     "koa-i18n": "~1.2.0",
     "koa-ip": "~0.1.0",
     "koa-load-middlewares": "~1.0.0",
diff --git a/test/middlewares/compress/index.js b/test/middlewares/compress/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ce5eb3c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/middlewares/compress/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const should = require('should');
+const request = require('supertest');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+const Stream = require('stream');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const strapi = require('../../..');
+const Koa = strapi.server;
+
+describe('compress', function() {
+
+  describe('strapi.middlewares.compress()', function() {
+    it('should work with no options', function() {
+      strapi.middlewares.compress();
+    });
+  });
+
+  const buffer = crypto.randomBytes(1024);
+  const string = buffer.toString('hex');
+
+  function* sendString(next) {
+    this.body = string
+  }
+
+  function* sendBuffer(next) {
+    this.compress = true;
+    this.body = buffer
+  }
+
+  it('should compress strings', function(done) {
+
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(sendString);
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err) return done(err);
+
+      //res.should.have.header('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
+      res.should.have.header('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked');
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-length');
+      res.text.should.equal(string);
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should not compress strings below threshold', function(done) {
+
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress({
+      threshold: '1mb'
+    }));
+    app.use(sendString);
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err) return done(err);
+
+      res.should.have.header('Content-Length', '2048');
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('transfer-encoding');
+      res.text.should.equal(string);
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should compress JSON body', function(done) {
+    var jsonBody = {
+      'status': 200,
+      'message': 'ok',
+      'data': string
+    };
+
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(function*(next) {
+      this.body = jsonBody
+    });
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err)
+        return done(err);
+
+      res.should.have.header('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked');
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-length');
+      res.text.should.equal(JSON.stringify(jsonBody));
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should not compress JSON body below threshold', function(done) {
+    var jsonBody = {
+      'status': 200,
+      'message': 'ok'
+    };
+
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(function* sendJSON(next) {
+      this.body = jsonBody
+    });
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err)
+        return done(err);
+
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('transfer-encoding');
+      res.text.should.equal(JSON.stringify(jsonBody));
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should compress buffers', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(sendBuffer);
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err)
+        return done(err);
+
+      //res.should.have.header('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
+      res.should.have.header('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked');
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-length');
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should compress streams', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+
+    app.use(function*(next) {
+      this.type = 'application/javascript';
+      this.body = fs.createReadStream(path.join(__dirname, 'index.js'))
+    });
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err)
+        return done(err);
+
+      //res.should.have.header('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
+      res.should.have.header('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked');
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-length');
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should compress when this.compress === true', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(sendBuffer);
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err)
+        return done(err);
+
+      //res.should.have.header('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
+      res.should.have.header('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked');
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-length');
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should not compress when this.compress === false', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(function*(next) {
+      this.compress = false;
+      this.body = buffer
+    });
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200).end(function(err, res) {
+      if (err)
+        return done(err);
+
+      res.should.have.header('Content-Length', '1024');
+      res.should.have.header('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-encoding');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('transfer-encoding');
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should not compress HEAD requests', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(sendString);
+
+    request(app.listen()).head('/').expect(200).expect('', function(err, res) {
+      if (err)
+        return done(err);
+
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('content-encoding');
+
+      done()
+    })
+  });
+
+  it('should not crash even if accept-encoding: sdch', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(sendBuffer);
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').set('Accept-Encoding', 'sdch, gzip, deflate').expect(200, done)
+  });
+
+  it('should not crash if no accept-encoding is sent', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(sendBuffer);
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200, done)
+  });
+
+  it('should not crash if a type does not pass the filter', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress());
+    app.use(function*() {
+      this.type = 'image/png';
+      this.body = new Buffer(2048)
+    });
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect(200, done)
+  });
+
+  it('should not compress when transfer-encoding is already set', function(done) {
+    let app = strapi.server();
+    app.use(strapi.middlewares.compress({
+      threshold: 0
+    }));
+    app.use(function*() {
+      this.set('Content-Encoding', 'identity');
+      this.type = 'text';
+      this.body = 'asdf'
+    });
+
+    request(app.listen()).get('/').expect('asdf', done)
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/middlewares/gzip/index.js b/test/middlewares/gzip/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ec573cb8e..0000000000
--- a/test/middlewares/gzip/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-const should = require('should');
-const request = require('supertest');
-
-const strapi = require('../../..');
-const Koa = strapi.server;
-
-describe('gzip', function () {
-  const options = {};
-  const BODY = 'foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, \
-    foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, \
-    foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string, foo bar string';
-
-  let app = strapi.server();
-
-  app.use(strapi.middlewares.gzip(options));
-  app.use(strapi.middlewares.gzip(options));
-  app.use(function * (next) {
-    if (this.url === '/404') {
-      return yield next;
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/small') {
-      return this.body = 'foo bar string';
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/string') {
-      return this.body = BODY;
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/buffer') {
-      return this.body = new Buffer(BODY);
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/object') {
-      return this.body = {
-        foo: BODY
-      };
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/number') {
-      return this.body = 1984;
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/stream') {
-      const stat = fs.statSync(__filename);
-      this.set('content-length', stat.size);
-      return this.body = fs.createReadStream(__filename);
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/exists-encoding') {
-      this.set('content-encoding', 'gzip');
-      return this.body = new Buffer('gzip');
-    }
-    if (this.url === '/error') {
-      return this.throw(new Error('mock error'));
-    }
-  });
-
-  before(function (done) {
-    app = app.listen(0, done);
-  });
-
-  describe('strapi.middlewares.gzip()', function () {
-    it('should work with no options', function () {
-      strapi.middlewares.gzip();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when status 200 and request accept-encoding include gzip', function () {
-    it('should return gzip string body', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/string')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect('content-encoding', 'gzip')
-        .expect('content-length', '46')
-        .expect(BODY, done);
-    });
-
-    it('should return raw string body if body smaller than minLength', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/small')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect('content-length', '14')
-        .expect('foo bar string', function (err, res) {
-          should.not.exist(err);
-          should.not.exist(res.headers['content-encoding']);
-          done();
-        });
-    });
-
-    it('should return gzip buffer body', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/buffer')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect('content-encoding', 'gzip')
-        .expect('content-length', '46')
-        .expect(BODY, done);
-    });
-
-    it('should return gzip stream body', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/stream')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
-        .expect(fs.readFileSync(__filename, 'utf8'),
-          function (err, res) {
-            should.not.exist(err);
-            should.not.exist(res.headers['content-length']);
-            done();
-          });
-    });
-
-    it('should return gzip json body', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/object')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
-        .expect('content-length', '52')
-        .expect({
-          foo: BODY
-        }, done);
-    });
-
-    it('should return number body', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/number')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect('content-length', '4')
-        .expect(200, function (err, res) {
-          should.not.exist(err);
-          res.body.should.equal(1984);
-          done();
-        });
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when status 200 and request accept-encoding exclude gzip', function () {
-    it('should return raw body', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/string')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect('content-length', '' + BODY.length)
-        .expect(BODY,
-          function (err, res) {
-            should.not.exist(err);
-            should.not.exist(res.headers['content-encoding']);
-            done();
-          });
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when status non 200', function () {
-    it('should return 404', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/404')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(404)
-        .expect('Not Found', done);
-    });
-
-    it('should return 500', function (done) {
-      request(app)
-        .get('/error')
-        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip,deflate,sdch')
-        .expect(500)
-        .expect('Internal Server Error', done);
-    });
-  });
-});