--- flexbackup.xz	2016-12-11 20:37:15.808509373 +0000
+++ flexbackup	2016-12-11 20:40:41.782805683 +0000
@@ -695,6 +695,8 @@
 		$filename .= ".lzma";
 	    } elsif ($cfg::compress eq "xz") {
 		$filename .= ".xz";
+	    } elsif ($cfg::compress eq "lzip") {
+		$filename .= ".lz";
 	    }
 	} elsif ($cfg::type eq "afio") {
 	    # tag these a little different, the archive file itself isn't a
@@ -713,6 +715,8 @@
 		$filename .= "-lzma";
 	    } elsif ($cfg::compress eq "xz") {
 		$filename .= "-xz";
+	    } elsif ($cfg::compress eq "lzip") {
+		$filename .= "-lz";
 	    }
 	}
 
@@ -2722,7 +2726,7 @@
     # First check if things are defined in the config file
     # Checks exist, true/false, or one of options
     &checkvar(\$cfg::type,'type','dump afio cpio tar star pax zip ar shar lha copy rsync filelist','tar');
-    &checkvar(\$cfg::compress,'compress','gzip bzip2 lzop compress zip false hardware lzma xz','gzip');
+    &checkvar(\$cfg::compress,'compress','gzip bzip2 lzop compress zip false hardware lzma xz lzip','gzip');
     &checkvar(\$cfg::compr_level,'compr_level','exist','4');
     &checkvar(\$cfg::verbose,'verbose','bool','true');
     &checkvar(\$cfg::sparse,'sparse','bool','true');
@@ -3043,6 +3047,15 @@
 	    $::z = " | $::path{$cfg::compress} -$cfg::compr_level ";
 	}
 	$::unz = "$::path{$cfg::compress} -d | ";
+    } elsif ($cfg::compress eq "lzip") {
+	$::path{'lzip'} = &checkinpath($cfg::compress);
+	push(@::remoteprogs, $::path{$cfg::compress});
+	if ($cfg::compr_level !~ m/^[123456789]$/) {
+	    push(@::errors,"\$compr_level must be set to 1-9");
+	} else {
+	    $::z = " | $::path{$cfg::compress} -$cfg::compr_level ";
+	}
+	$::unz = "$::path{$cfg::compress} -d | ";
 
     } else {
 	$::z = "";
@@ -3301,6 +3314,10 @@
 		$::afio_z_flag = "-P $::path{$cfg::compress} -Q -$cfg::compr_level -Z";
 		$::afio_unz_flag = "-P $::path{$cfg::compress} -Q -d -Z";
 
+	    } elsif ($cfg::compress eq "lzip") {
+		$::afio_z_flag = "-P $::path{$cfg::compress} -Q -$cfg::compr_level -Z";
+		$::afio_unz_flag = "-P $::path{$cfg::compress} -Q -d -Z";
+
 	    }
 	    $::unz = ""; # Reset & just use this for reading the archive file.
 
@@ -3464,7 +3481,7 @@
 	$::path{'lha'} = &checkinpath('lha');
 	push(@::remoteprogs, $::path{'lha'});
 
-	if ($cfg::compress =~ /^(gzip|bzip2|lzop|compress|zip|lzma|xz)$/) {
+	if ($cfg::compress =~ /^(gzip|bzip2|lzop|compress|zip|lzma|xz|lzip)$/) {
 	    warn("Using type \"lha\" with compress=$cfg::compress makes no sense");
 	    warn("Setting compression to false");
 	    $::unz = "";
@@ -3839,7 +3856,7 @@
 
     # Try and guess file types and commpression scheme
     # might as well since we are reading from a file in this case
-    if ($file =~ m/\.(dump|cpio|tar|star|pax|a|shar|filelist)\.(gz|bz2|lzo|Z|zip|lzma|xz)$/) {
+    if ($file =~ m/\.(dump|cpio|tar|star|pax|a|shar|filelist)\.(gz|bz2|lzo|Z|zip|lzma|xz|lz)$/) {
 	$cfg::type = $1;
 	$cfg::compress = $2;
 	$cfg::type =~ s/^a$/ar/;
@@ -3849,10 +3866,11 @@
 	$cfg::compress =~ s/Z/compress/;
 	$cfg::compress =~ s/lzma/lzma/;
 	$cfg::compress =~ s/xz/xz/;
+	$cfg::compress =~ s/lz/lzip/;
 	&log("| Auto-set to type=$cfg::type compress=$cfg::compress");
 	&optioncheck();                  # redo to set a few variables over
 
-    } elsif ($file =~ m/\.afio-(gz|bz2|lzo|Z|zip|lzma|xz)$/) {
+    } elsif ($file =~ m/\.afio-(gz|bz2|lzo|Z|zip|lzma|xz|lz)$/) {
 	$cfg::type = "afio";
 	$cfg::compress = $1;
 	$cfg::compress =~ s/gz/gzip/;
@@ -3861,6 +3879,7 @@
 	$cfg::compress =~ s/Z/compress/;
 	$cfg::compress =~ s/lzma/lzma/;
 	$cfg::compress =~ s/xz/xz/;
+	$cfg::compress =~ s/lz/lzip/;
 	&log("| Auto-set to type=$cfg::type compress=$cfg::compress");
 	&optioncheck();                  # redo to set a few variables over
 
--- flexbackup.conf.xz	2016-12-11 20:37:15.808509373 +0000
+++ flexbackup.conf	2016-12-11 20:40:41.782805683 +0000
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
 $prune{'/'} = 'tmp proc';
 
 # Compression
-$compress = 'gzip'; # one of false/gzip/bzip2/lzop/zip/compress/hardware/lzma/xz
-$compr_level = '4'; # compression level (1-9) (for gzip/bzip2/lzop/zip/lzma/xz)
+$compress = 'gzip'; # one of false/gzip/bzip2/lzop/zip/compress/hardware/lzma/xz/lzip
+$compr_level = '4'; # compression level (1-9) (for gzip/bzip2/lzop/zip/lzma/xz/lzip)
 
 # Buffering program - to help streaming
 $buffer = 'false';         # one of false/buffer/mbuffer