diff --git a/lib/sde-binary/package.sh b/lib/sde-binary/package.sh
index 12c631b..2307a53 100755
--- a/lib/sde-binary/package.sh
+++ b/lib/sde-binary/package.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ case "$pkg_type" in
 	tar.bz2)	compressor=bzip2 ;;
 	tar.lzo)	compressor=lzop ;;
 	tar.lzma)	compressor=lzma ;;
+	tar.xz)		compressor=xz ;;
 	*)		# external type
 		if [ -x "$SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$pkg_type.sh" ]; then
 			exec $SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$pkg_type.sh ${versioned:+--versioned} --root "${root}" \
diff --git a/lib/sde-binary/preconfig.in b/lib/sde-binary/preconfig.in
index 66d260f..4b7976b 100644
--- a/lib/sde-binary/preconfig.in
+++ b/lib/sde-binary/preconfig.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [ ! -f $cfgtmpdir/cache_pkgfile_type.in ]; then
 		choice SDECFG_PKGFILE_TYPE tar.bz2 \\
 EOT
 	# generate choices
-	for x in tar.{bz2,gz,lzma,lzo} \
+	for x in tar.{bz2,gz,lzma,lzo,xz} \
 		$( ls -1 lib/sde-binary/package-*.sh 2> /dev/null |
 			sed -e 's,.*/package-\(.*\).sh,\1,' ); do
 		$ECHO_E "\t\t${x} 'Create ${x} binary packages' \\" >> $cfgtmpdir/cache_pkgfile_type.in