diff --git a/xz.changes b/xz.changes
index 14011f2..c712994 100644
--- a/xz.changes
+++ b/xz.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 16 10:59:51 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- use bzip payload, so users are able to install new rpm on old systems
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 11 12:44:41 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
 
diff --git a/xz.spec b/xz.spec
index ce7aaeb..cd93f44 100644
--- a/xz.spec
+++ b/xz.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Name:           xz
 Summary:        A Program for Compressing Files
 Version:        4.999.8beta
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Group:          Productivity/Archiving/Compression
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Url:            http://tukaani.org/lzma/
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Patch:          nostatic.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Provides:       lzma = %version
 Obsoletes:      lzma < %version
+# avoid bootstrapping problem
+%define _binary_payload w9.bzdio
 
 %description
 The xz command is a very powerful program for compressing files.
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 16 2009 coolo@suse.de
+- use bzip payload, so users are able to install new rpm on old systems
 * Wed Feb 11 2009 coolo@suse.de
 - fix devel symlink
 * Fri Feb 06 2009 schwab@suse.de