1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/qt4-tqt-theme-engine/debian/rules b/ubuntu/_base/applications/qt4-tqt-theme-engine/debian/rules
index 7db927c4b..11c6e4544 100755
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/qt4-tqt-theme-engine/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/qt4-tqt-theme-engine/debian/rules
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_MANDIR := /opt/trinity/share/man
 DEB_CONFIGURE_PREFIX := /opt/trinity
 DEB_CONFIGURE_INFODIR := /opt/trinity/share/info
 
+# The default gzip compressor has been changed in dpkg >= 1.17.0.
+deb_default_compress = $(shell LANG=C dpkg-deb --version | head -n1 | \
+                         sed -e "s|.*version ||" -e "s| .*||" | \
+                         xargs -r dpkg --compare-versions 1.17.0 lt \
+                         && echo xz || echo gzip)
+ifeq ($(deb_default_compress),gzip)
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)
+endif
 
 QMAKE := qmake-qt4
-