diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 049a5395df7662a129e865cac69723f5bc55e432..fe1e011e672fcc80c8172ebb27bcfa884c96ef3a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # Initialize Automake
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz])
 
 # Require X.Org macros 1.8 or later for MAN_SUBSTS set by XORG_MANPAGE_SECTIONS
 m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION],