1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ubuntu/precise/applications/kbarcode/debian/rules b/ubuntu/precise/applications/kbarcode/debian/rules
index b8267f39c..cdbae3c90 100755
--- a/ubuntu/precise/applications/kbarcode/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/precise/applications/kbarcode/debian/rules
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ DEB_INSTALL_MANPAGES_kbarcode-trinity := debian/kbarcode.1
 
 DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --prefix=/opt/trinity --with-extra-libs=/opt/trinity/lib
 
+DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
+                               && echo xz || echo bzip2)
+
 post-patches:: debian/stamp-bootstrap
 
 debian/stamp-bootstrap: