diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Cli/Server/Startup.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Cli/Server/Startup.cs
index cc36119c31..8cece4d4ab 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Cli/Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Cli/Server/Startup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Cli.Server
             services.AddRouting();
             services.AddResponseCompression(options =>
             {
-                options.MimeTypes = ResponseCompressionDefaults.MimeTypes
-                    .Concat(new[] { MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet });
+                options.MimeTypes = ResponseCompressionDefaults.MimeTypes.Concat(new[]
+                {
+                    MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet,
+                    WasmMediaTypeNames.Application.Wasm
+                });
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorAppBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorAppBuilderExtensions.cs
index 3e25d4c7c9..3cc5f41f85 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorAppBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorAppBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net.Mime;
-using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
 {
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
             var result = new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider();
             result.Mappings.Add(".dll", MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
             result.Mappings.Add(".mem", MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
-            result.Mappings.Add(".wasm", MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet);
+            result.Mappings.Add(".wasm", WasmMediaTypeNames.Application.Wasm);
             return result;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorOptions.cs
index 6950cf0b0a..fb207f6faf 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/BlazorOptions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
 {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/WasmMediaTypeNames.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/WasmMediaTypeNames.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97b15a8392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/WasmMediaTypeNames.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains values for WASM-related media types.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class WasmMediaTypeNames
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Contains values for WASM-related media types within the "application." namespace
+        /// </summary>
+        public static class Application
+        {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The standard media type name for WebAssembly binary files.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string Wasm = "application/wasm";
+        }
+    }
+}