Index: zgrep.in
===================================================================
--- zgrep.in.orig
+++ zgrep.in
@@ -211,10 +211,18 @@ res=1
 
 for i
 do
+  case "$i" in
+    *.bz2)
+      uncompress=bzip2
+      ;;
+    *)
+      uncompress=gzip
+      ;;
+  esac
   # Fail if gzip or grep (or sed) fails.
   gzip_status=$(
     exec 5>&1
-    ('gzip' -cdfq -- "$i" 5>&-; echo $? >&5) 3>&- |
+    ($uncompress -cdfq -- "$i" 5>&-; echo $? >&5) 3>&- |
     if test $files_with_matches -eq 1; then
       eval "$grep$args" >/dev/null && { printf '%s\n' "$i" || exit 2; }
     elif test $files_without_matches -eq 1; then