1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/lenny/applications/k3b/debian/rules b/debian/lenny/applications/k3b/debian/rules
index 3a19a0ec8..cc895cd83 100755
--- a/debian/lenny/applications/k3b/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/lenny/applications/k3b/debian/rules
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ DEB_INSTALL_MANPAGES_k3b = debian/k3b.1
 
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/
 
+DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
+                               && echo xz || echo bzip2)
+
 post-patches:: debian/stamp-bootstrap
 
 debian/stamp-bootstrap: