1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/wheezy/applications/kdpkg/debian/rules b/debian/wheezy/applications/kdpkg/debian/rules
index ff163f6a7..455414f69 100755
--- a/debian/wheezy/applications/kdpkg/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/wheezy/applications/kdpkg/debian/rules
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_INFODIR := /opt/trinity/share/info
 
 cdbs_configure_flags := --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 --disable-rpath --with-xinerama $(cdbs_kde_enable_final) $(cdbs_kde_enable_debug)
 
+DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
+                               && echo xz || echo bzip2)
+
 post-patches:: debian/stamp-bootstrap
 
 debian/stamp-bootstrap: