diff --git a/tailor_distro/debian_templates/rules.j2 b/tailor_distro/debian_templates/rules.j2
index 5d14c8a..f90b425 100755
--- a/tailor_distro/debian_templates/rules.j2
+++ b/tailor_distro/debian_templates/rules.j2
@@ -77,3 +77,6 @@ override_dh_installdeb:
 	find . -type f -exec grep -I -q . {} \; -print0 | xargs -0 sed -ri "s|($(CURDIR)/)?debian/tmp/opt|/opt|g" && \
 	find . -name '*.pyc' -delete && \
 	dh_installdeb
+
+override_dh_builddeb:
+	dh_builddeb $@ -- --compress-program=pixz -z3