diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c8a877d83747956f12bcb13b9d1ee2e917392f3a..98cbaab8cc4d5fcfb23e8641d1df2bc7691af98e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+i2p (0.9.7-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/rules: compress with xz
+
+ -- Kill Your TV <killyourtv@i2pmail.org>  Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:26:52 +0000
+
 i2p (0.9.7-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Bugfix: Add missing ; to i2prouter script.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index eb2be31673449ee790fe00003253056d0a60ac90..9cab2018ce878fb0d64e9169bbabcc1904bb1834 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ override_dh_dhlibdeps:
 #	dh_installinit -r
 
 override_dh_builddeb:
-	dh_builddeb -- -Zbzip2
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
 
 get-orig-source:
 	uscan --verbose --rename --destdir $(CURDIR)/.. --watchfile debian/watch --force-download