diff --git a/roles/people/templates/people.conf b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
index 7594adc785..2ad77726cf 100644
--- a/roles/people/templates/people.conf
+++ b/roles/people/templates/people.conf
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css a
    ForceType application/x-gzip
    Header unset Content-Encoding
 </FilesMatch>
+#
+# Match tar.gz to application/x-gzip for repo files
+#
+<FilesMatch "tar\.gz$">
+   ForceType application/x-gzip
+   Header unset Content-Encoding
+</FilesMatch>
 
 <Location />
     # Insert filter