diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5ee887c0e..a8345d627 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ linux-2.6 (3.2~rc6-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Arnaud Patard ]
   * [arm] setup: initialize arm_dma_zone_size earlier (Closes: #651215)
 
+  [ Bastian Blank ]
+  * Use xz compression for image packages.
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:31:19 +0000
 
 linux-2.6 (3.2~rc4-1~experimental.1) experimental; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 0c9e3df0e..eab7fd15a 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ endif
 	+$(MAKE_SELF) \
 	  install-image_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)_plain_bug \
 	  PACKAGE_DIR='$(PACKAGE_DIR)' PACKAGE_NAME='$(PACKAGE_NAME)' REAL_VERSION='$(REAL_VERSION)'
-	+$(MAKE_SELF) install-base
+	+$(MAKE_SELF) install-base BUILDDEB_ARGS="-Zxz"
 
 install-image_armel_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)_plain_image \
 install-image_armhf_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)_plain_image \