diff --git a/build-utils/dist.sh b/build-utils/dist.sh
index 2cf6b318..7aa290bf 100755
--- a/build-utils/dist.sh
+++ b/build-utils/dist.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ SVERSION=`echo $1 | sed 's/^v//'`
 git archive --prefix=dist/awesome-$SVERSION/ $VERSION | tar -xf -
 cd dist
 echo -n $VERSION > awesome-$SVERSION/.version_stamp
-tar czf awesome-$SVERSION.tar.gz awesome-$SVERSION
 tar cjf awesome-$SVERSION.tar.bz2 awesome-$SVERSION
+tar cJf awesome-$SVERSION.tar.xz awesome-$SVERSION