diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_gzip_static_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_gzip_static_module.c
index 66fcc5d1b..0ab14636e 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_gzip_static_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_gzip_static_module.c
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ ngx_http_gzip_static_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
     ngx_str_set(&h->value, "gzip");
     r->headers_out.content_encoding = h;
 
+    r->allow_ranges = 1;
+
     /* we need to allocate all before the header would be sent */
 
     b = ngx_calloc_buf(r->pool);