diff --git a/lore/settings.py b/lore/settings.py
index 38de21b2..dc668029 100644
--- a/lore/settings.py
+++ b/lore/settings.py
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ def get_var(name, default):
     "lore_indexing": {
         "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
         "TIMEOUT": get_var("LORE_INDEXING_CACHE_TIMEOUT", "60"),
-    }
+    },
+    "compressor": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
+    },
 }
 
 # Internationalization
@@ -215,6 +218,8 @@ def get_var(name, default):
 )
 COMPRESS_OFFLINE = get_var('LORE_COMPRESS_OFFLINE', False)
 COMPRESS_ENABLED = get_var('LORE_COMPRESS_ENABLED', not DEBUG)
+COMPRESS_CACHEABLE_PRECOMPILERS = ('text/jsx',)
+COMPRESS_CACHE_BACKEND = 'compressor'
 
 # Media and storage settings
 IMPORT_PATH_PREFIX = get_var('LORE_IMPORT_PATH_PREFIX', 'course_archives/')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 65d88c4a..94e549c7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ celery==3.1.18
 Django==1.8.5
 django-appconf==1.0.1
 django-bootstrap3==6.2.2
-django-compressor==1.5
+
+# Pin to develop branch for cache feature
+git+https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor@5086fddb60d00ccb71a8883d4d0b40c6630d38e7#egg=django-compressor-dev==1.5-odl
+
 django-debug-toolbar==1.3.2
 django-elasticsearch-debug-toolbar==0.1.15
 djangorestframework==3.2.2