diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 8fe7010a2..ec05da3fb 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
     "use_heroku": "n",
     "use_grunt": "n",
     "use_angular": "n",
+    "use_compressor": "n",
     "open_source_license": ["MIT", "BSD", "Not open source"]
 }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index f5e35acd6..737b485f7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -55,4 +55,8 @@ redis>=2.10.0
 celery==3.1.23
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}
+django_compressor==2.0
+{% endif %}
+
 # Your custom requirements go here