diff --git a/ui/build/util.go b/ui/build/util.go
index d44cd6d..d4c3431 100644
--- a/ui/build/util.go
+++ b/ui/build/util.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package build
 
 import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -142,3 +144,29 @@
 
 	return io.Copy(destination, source)
 }
+
+// gzipFileToDir writes a compressed copy of src to destDir with the suffix ".gz".
+func gzipFileToDir(src, destDir string) error {
+	in, err := os.Open(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open %s: %s", src, err.Error())
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+
+	dest := filepath.Join(destDir, filepath.Base(src)+".gz")
+
+	out, err := os.OpenFile(dest, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open %s: %s", dest, err.Error())
+	}
+	defer out.Close()
+	gz := gzip.NewWriter(out)
+	defer gz.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(gz, in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to gzip %s: %s", dest, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}