@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 bin/quickpkg                           | 2 +-
 lib/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/bin/quickpkg	
+++ a/bin/quickpkg	
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def quickpkg_atom(options, infos, arg, eout):
 			binpkg_tmpfile = os.path.join(bintree.pkgdir,
 				cpv + ".tbz2." + str(os.getpid()))
 			ensure_dirs(os.path.dirname(binpkg_tmpfile))
-			binpkg_compression = settings.get("BINPKG_COMPRESS", "bzip2")
+			binpkg_compression = settings.get("BINPKG_COMPRESS", "xz")
 			try:
 				compression = _compressors[binpkg_compression]
 			except KeyError as e:
--- a/lib/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py	
+++ a/lib/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py	
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def doebuild_environment(myebuild, mydo, myroot=None, settings=None,
 				mysettings["KV"] = ""
 			mysettings.backup_changes("KV")
 
-		binpkg_compression = mysettings.get("BINPKG_COMPRESS", "bzip2")
+		binpkg_compression = mysettings.get("BINPKG_COMPRESS", "xz")
 		try:
 			compression = _compressors[binpkg_compression]
 		except KeyError as e:
--