diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 54f9908..0ff47ee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.8 dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.8 dist-xz])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])