diff --git a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
index 524e53ed6..d9e4742a2 100644
--- a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ cmArchiveWrite::cmArchiveWrite(std::ostream& os, Compress c, Type t):
         return;
         }
       break;
+    case CompressCompress:
+      if(archive_write_set_compression_compress(this->Archive) != ARCHIVE_OK)
+        {
+        this->Error = "archive_write_set_compression_compress: ";
+        this->Error += archive_error_string(this->Archive);
+        return;
+        }
+      break;
     case CompressGZip:
       if(archive_write_set_compression_gzip(this->Archive) != ARCHIVE_OK)
         {
diff --git a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
index ce7f961c6..3e3b2f0ca 100644
--- a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
+++ b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
   enum Compress
   {
     CompressNone,
+    CompressCompress,
     CompressGZip,
     CompressBZip2,
     CompressLZMA,