--- eix-0.17.0.ebuild
+++ eix-0.17.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	nls? ( virtual/libintl )
 	app-arch/bzip2"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	app-arch/lzma-utils
+	|| ( app-arch/xz-utils app-arch/lzma-utils )
 	doc? ( dev-python/docutils )
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"