diff --git a/build-utils/dist.sh b/build-utils/dist.sh
index 7642be8cf..bd464bad5 100755
--- a/build-utils/dist.sh
+++ b/build-utils/dist.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION=$1
+VERSION=`echo $1 | sed 's/^v//'`
 git-archive --prefix=dist/awesome-$VERSION/ $VERSION | tar -xf -
 cd dist
 echo -n $VERSION > awesome-$VERSION/.version_stamp
 tar czf awesome-$VERSION.tar.gz awesome-$VERSION
+tar cjf awesome-$VERSION.tar.bz2 awesome-$VERSION