diff --git a/recipes/wsj.recipe b/recipes/wsj.recipe
index 16a523baec..5841ec2952 100644
--- a/recipes/wsj.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wsj.recipe
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class WallStreetJournal(BasicNewsRecipe):
     needs_subscription = True
     language = 'en'
 
+    compress_news_images = True
+    compress_news_images_auto_size = 5
     max_articles_per_feed = 1000
     timefmt  = ' [%a, %b %d, %Y]'
     no_stylesheets = True