diff --git a/playground/server/api/testApiCompression.ts b/playground/server/api/testApiCompression.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb2df83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/server/api/testApiCompression.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { defineEventHandler } from 'h3'
+import { useRouteCache } from '#nuxt-multi-cache/composables'
+
+export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
+  useRouteCache((helper) => {
+    helper.setCacheable().setMaxAge(234234)
+  }, event)
+  const number = Math.round(Math.random() * 1000000000)
+  return 'This is a compressed API response: ' + number
+})
diff --git a/playground/server/plugins/compression.ts b/playground/server/plugins/compression.ts
index 97bd225..2e9212c 100644
--- a/playground/server/plugins/compression.ts
+++ b/playground/server/plugins/compression.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import { defineNitroPlugin } from 'nitropack/runtime'
 
 export default defineNitroPlugin((nitro) => {
   nitro.hooks.hook('beforeResponse', async (event, response) => {
-    if (!event.path.startsWith('/testCompression')) {
+    if (
+      !event.path.startsWith('/testCompression') &&
+      !event.path.startsWith('/api/testApiCompression')
+    ) {
       return
     }
 
diff --git a/test/routeCacheWithCompression.e2e.spec.ts b/test/routeCacheWithCompression.e2e.spec.ts
index 9b19c2c..c43541e 100644
--- a/test/routeCacheWithCompression.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/routeCacheWithCompression.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -35,42 +35,50 @@ await setup({
   nuxtConfig,
 })
 
-describe.only('The route cache with compression enabled', () => {
-  test('caches a page', async () => {
-    await purgeAll()
+async function testResponse(path: string) {
+  // First call puts it into cache.
+  const first = await fetch(path, {
+    method: 'get',
+    headers: {
+      'accept-encoding': 'br',
+    },
+  })
+
+  // Get the encoding.
+  const firstEncoding = first.headers.get('content-encoding')
 
-    // First call puts it into cache.
-    const first = await fetch('/testCompression', {
-      method: 'get',
-      headers: {
-        'accept-encoding': 'br',
-      },
-    })
+  // Test that the compression feature has actually compressed the response.
+  expect(firstEncoding).toEqual('br')
 
-    // Get the encoding.
-    const firstEncoding = first.headers.get('content-encoding')
+  // Second call should get it from cache.
+  const second = await fetch(path, {
+    method: 'get',
+    headers: {
+      'accept-encoding': 'br',
+    },
+  })
 
-    // Test that the compression feature has actually compressed the response.
-    expect(firstEncoding).toEqual('br')
+  const responseFirst = await first.text()
+  const responseSecond = await second.text()
 
-    // Second call should get it from cache.
-    const second = await fetch('/testCompression', {
-      method: 'get',
-      headers: {
-        'accept-encoding': 'br',
-      },
-    })
+  // Response should be identical (contains a random number).
+  expect(responseFirst).toEqual(responseSecond)
 
-    const responseFirst = await first.text()
-    const responseSecond = await second.text()
+  const secondEncoding = second.headers.get('content-encoding')
 
-    // Response should be identical (contains a random number).
-    expect(responseFirst).toEqual(responseSecond)
+  // The encoding should be the same, because the compression feature was
+  // able to compress the cached response again.
+  expect(secondEncoding).toEqual(firstEncoding)
+}
 
-    const secondEncoding = second.headers.get('content-encoding')
+describe.only('The route cache with compression enabled', () => {
+  test('caches a page', async () => {
+    await purgeAll()
+    await testResponse('/testCompression')
+  })
 
-    // The encoding should be the same, because the compression feature was
-    // able to compress the cached response again.
-    expect(secondEncoding).toEqual(firstEncoding)
+  test('caches the result of an API handler', async () => {
+    await purgeAll()
+    await testResponse('/api/testApiCompression')
   })
 })