diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a62e45081f9ff6eb5372730d7f77ce3f90180a2e..7decb564f287608f4ebe76d6d61a07662dda735e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # Initialize Automake
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz])
 
 # Initialize libtool
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL