diff --git a/rpmio/macro.c b/rpmio/macro.c
index c55b9e2b2..32eb6ecbf 100644
--- a/rpmio/macro.c
+++ b/rpmio/macro.c
@@ -981,6 +981,9 @@ doFoo(MacroBuf mb, int negate, const char * f, size_t fn,
         case COMPRESSED_LZMA:
             sprintf(be, "%%__lzma -dc %s", b);
             break;
+        case COMPRESSED_XZ:
+            sprintf(be, "%%__xz -dc %s", b);
+            break;
 	}
 	b = be;
     } else if (STREQ("getenv", f, fn)) {