diff --git a/lib/upload.js b/lib/upload.js
index 9385e15..ba473e6 100644
--- a/lib/upload.js
+++ b/lib/upload.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function uploadFile(aws, bucketName, filePath, fileKey, headers, sse) {
     Bucket: bucketName,
     Key: fileKey,
     Body: fileBuffer,
-    ContentType: mime.lookup(filePath)
+    ...getMimeTypeAndContentEncoding(filePath)
   };
 
   if (sse) {
@@ -180,4 +180,24 @@ function groupFilesByOrder(files, orderSpec) {
   return [unmatchedFiles].concat(matchedFiles);
 }
 
+const ContentEncodingMap = {
+  gz: 'gzip',
+  br: 'br'
+};
+
+function getMimeTypeAndContentEncoding(filePath) {
+  const match = /(.+\..+)\.(gz|br)$/.exec(filePath);
+
+  if (match) {
+    const [fullMatch, strippedFilePath, encodingFileEnding] = match;
+
+    return {
+      ContentType: mime.lookup(strippedFilePath),
+      ContentEncoding: ContentEncodingMap[encodingFileEnding]
+    };
+  }
+
+  return { ContentType: mime.lookup(filePath) };
+}
+
 module.exports = uploadDirectory;