diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2af0b16aee9c0b89cdda92303f5f65e71b4ee0a4..0083a75dadd87338bb1f2ddf21a46c3d1abefab7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 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],