2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 9c2b59d1..0fc943a4 100755
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -165,5 +165,5 @@ WriteMakefile(
 	    ( $_ => "\$(INST_MAN${section}DIR)/$targ.$section" );
 	} <pod/*.pod>, $with_po ? <pod/*/*.pod> : ()
     },
-    dist		=> { COMPRESS => "bzip2", SUFFIX => ".bz2" },
+    dist		=> { COMPRESS => "xz -f", SUFFIX => ".xz" },
 );
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 38aeca93..d31248f9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- compress sources with xz instead of bzip2
+
 Version 6.39 - 21 November 2010
 
 - install zeroconf documentation and example files.