diff --git a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
index eee8f612410d..e5813d9a3ef9 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ in {
 
   optionsJSON = pkgs.runCommand "options.json"
     { meta.description = "List of NixOS options in JSON format";
+      buildInputs = [ pkgs.brotli ];
     }
     ''
       # Export list of options in different format.
@@ -141,8 +142,11 @@ in {
 
       cp ${builtins.toFile "options.json" (builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (builtins.toJSON optionsNix))} $dst/options.json
 
+      brotli -9 < $dst/options.json > $dst/options.json.br
+
       mkdir -p $out/nix-support
       echo "file json $dst/options.json" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+      echo "file json-br $dst/options.json.br" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
     ''; # */
 
   optionsDocBook = pkgs.runCommand "options-docbook.xml" {} ''