2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/package/Makefile b/scripts/package/Makefile
index d0b931b994fc..a834b935f536 100644
--- a/scripts/package/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/package/Makefile
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ rm -r $(perf-tar);                                                  \
 $(if $(findstring tar-src,$@),,                                     \
 $(if $(findstring bz2,$@),bzip2,                                    \
 $(if $(findstring gz,$@),gzip,                                      \
-$(error unknown target $@)))                                       \
+$(if $(findstring xz,$@),xz,                                        \
+$(error unknown target $@))))                                       \
         -f -9 $(perf-tar).tar)
 
 perf-%pkg: FORCE
@@ -142,7 +143,9 @@ help: FORCE
         @echo '  tar-pkg             - Build the kernel as an uncompressed tarball'
         @echo '  targz-pkg           - Build the kernel as a gzip compressed tarball'
         @echo '  tarbz2-pkg          - Build the kernel as a bzip2 compressed tarball'
+        @echo '  tarxz-pkg           - Build the kernel as a xz compressed tarball'
         @echo '  perf-tar-src-pkg    - Build $(perf-tar).tar source tarball'
         @echo '  perf-targz-src-pkg  - Build $(perf-tar).tar.gz source tarball'
         @echo '  perf-tarbz2-src-pkg - Build $(perf-tar).tar.bz2 source tarball'
+        @echo '  perf-tarxz-src-pkg  - Build $(perf-tar).tar.xz source tarball'
 
diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
index 51b2aa0acb82..83c9c04102f2 100644
--- a/scripts/package/buildtar
+++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ case "${1}" in
                 compress="bzip2 -c9"
                 file_ext=".bz2"
                 ;;
+        tarxz-pkg)
+                compress="xz -c9"
+                file_ext=".xz"
+                ;;
         *)
                 echo "Unknown tarball target \"${1}\" requested, please add it to ${0}." >&2
                 exit 1