diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c6bd765e489a73d5452774d6162c5cffdbc9863f..ca492d74a73b37865f167a3dd314d43730f8cd3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([fprintd], [0.5.0])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip check-news])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-xz no-dist-gzip check-news])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])