diff --git a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
index bea958612..524e53ed6 100644
--- a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ cmArchiveWrite::cmArchiveWrite(std::ostream& os, Compress c, Type t):
         return;
         }
       break;
+    case CompressXZ:
+      if(archive_write_set_compression_xz(this->Archive) != ARCHIVE_OK)
+        {
+        this->Error = "archive_write_set_compression_xz: ";
+        this->Error += archive_error_string(this->Archive);
+        return;
+        }
+      break;
     };
 #if !defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
   if (archive_read_disk_set_standard_lookup(this->Disk) != ARCHIVE_OK)
diff --git a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
index 0bd3e9b00..ce7f961c6 100644
--- a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
+++ b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public:
     CompressNone,
     CompressGZip,
     CompressBZip2,
-    CompressLZMA
+    CompressLZMA,
+    CompressXZ
   };
 
   /** Archive Type */