diff --git a/package.cpp b/package.cpp
index 4c00d368e..9d05a8dd9 100644
--- a/package.cpp
+++ b/package.cpp
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ bool Package::installPackage(const QString &package,
         if (mimetype->is("application/zip")) {
             archive = new KZip(package);
         } else if (mimetype->is("application/x-compressed-tar") ||
-                   mimetype->is("application/x-tar")|| mimetype->is("application/x-bzip-compressed-tar")) {
+                   mimetype->is("application/x-tar")|| mimetype->is("application/x-bzip-compressed-tar") ||
+                   mimetype->is("application/x-xz") || mimetype->is("application/x-lzma")) {
             archive = new KTar(package);
         } else {
             kWarning() << "Could not open package file, unsupported archive format:" << package << mimetype->name();