diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 80c7431..dc49cb5 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/info/dir*
 
 override_dh_builddeb:
-	dh_builddeb -- -Zgzip -z9
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz -z9
 
 override_dh_gencontrol:
 ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH),)
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
index d053b65..22a4de9 100644
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-compression = gzip
+compression = xz
 compression-level = 9