diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebService.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebService.java
index 902593b7bf678..a7c4244899069 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebService.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebService.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.RequestLogHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ResourceHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.StatisticsHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.gzip.GzipHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
@@ -258,15 +259,18 @@ public void addFilters(ServletContextHandler context, boolean requiresAuthentica
 
     public void addServlet(String path, ServletHolder servletHolder, boolean requiresAuthentication,
                            Map<String, Object> attributeMap) {
-        ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
+        ServletContextHandler servletContextHandler = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
         // Notice: each context path should be unique, but there's nothing here to verify that
-        context.setContextPath(path);
-        context.addServlet(servletHolder, MATCH_ALL);
+        servletContextHandler.setContextPath(path);
+        servletContextHandler.addServlet(servletHolder, MATCH_ALL);
         if (attributeMap != null) {
-            attributeMap.forEach(context::setAttribute);
+            attributeMap.forEach(servletContextHandler::setAttribute);
         }
-        filterInitializer.addFilters(context, requiresAuthentication);
-        handlers.add(context);
+        filterInitializer.addFilters(servletContextHandler, requiresAuthentication);
+
+        GzipHandler gzipHandler = new GzipHandler();
+        gzipHandler.setHandler(servletContextHandler);
+        handlers.add(gzipHandler);
     }
 
     public void addStaticResources(String basePath, String resourcePath) {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebServiceTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebServiceTest.java
index 8fb95eed789d5..72437fe33743e 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebServiceTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/web/WebServiceTest.java
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
+
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.io.CharStreams;
 import com.google.common.io.Closeables;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.util.InsecureTrustManagerFactory;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipException;
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 import javax.net.ssl.KeyManager;
 import javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory;
@@ -354,6 +359,73 @@ public void testBrokerReady() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(res.getResponseBody(), "ok");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCompressOutputMetricsInPrometheus() throws Exception {
+
+        setupEnv(true, false, false, false, -1, false);
+
+        String metricsUrl = pulsar.getWebServiceAddress() + "/metrics/";
+
+        String[] command = {"curl", "-H", "Accept-Encoding: gzip", metricsUrl};
+
+        ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(command);
+        Process process = processBuilder.start();
+
+        InputStream inputStream = process.getInputStream();
+
+        try {
+            GZIPInputStream gzipInputStream = new GZIPInputStream(inputStream);
+
+            // Process the decompressed content
+            StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
+            int data;
+            while ((data = gzipInputStream.read()) != -1) {
+                content.append((char) data);
+            }
+            log.info("Response Content: {}", content);
+
+            process.waitFor();
+            assertTrue(content.toString().contains("process_cpu_seconds_total"));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Failed to decompress the content, likely the content is not compressed ", e);
+            fail();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnCompressOutputMetricsInPrometheus() throws Exception {
+
+        setupEnv(true, false, false, false, -1, false);
+
+        String metricsUrl = pulsar.getWebServiceAddress() + "/metrics/";
+
+        String[] command = {"curl", metricsUrl};
+
+        ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(command);
+        Process process = processBuilder.start();
+
+        InputStream inputStream = process.getInputStream();
+        try {
+            GZIPInputStream gzipInputStream = new GZIPInputStream(inputStream);
+            fail();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Failed to decompress the content, likely the content is not compressed ", e);
+            assertTrue(e instanceof ZipException);
+        }
+
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
+        StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
+        String line;
+        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+            content.append(line + "\n");
+        }
+
+        log.info("Response Content: {}", content);
+
+        process.waitFor();
+        assertTrue(content.toString().contains("process_cpu_seconds_total"));
+    }
+
     private String makeHttpRequest(boolean useTls, boolean useAuth) throws Exception {
         InputStream response = null;
         try {