diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d15a544aa9c92ddb77a19d5735c1ca4895a56c60..4fdb3aa304b437fa17b07acb48081839fabc2e00 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 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 xorg-macros 1.3 or later: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
 m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION],