diff --git a/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec b/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
index 3d67f82c..f5717505 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
+++ b/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ License:      GPL
 Group:        Productivity/Networking/Web/Frontends
 Version:      @@VERSION@@
 Release:      0.%lam_distribution.1
-Source0:      ldap-account-manager-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:      ldap-account-manager-%{version}.tar.bz2
 URL:          https://www.ldap-account-manager.org/
 BuildRoot:    %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 Summary:      Administration of LDAP users, groups and hosts via Web GUI
diff --git a/lam-packaging/buildPackages b/lam-packaging/buildPackages
index 55a16ebe..52e0817d 100755
--- a/lam-packaging/buildPackages
+++ b/lam-packaging/buildPackages
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ wait
 rm ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/phpdoc.sh
 rm LAMPro/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/phpdoc.sh
 
-# tar.gz
+# tar.bz2
 cp lam-packaging/autoconf/configure.ac ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/
 cp lam-packaging/autoconf/Makefile.in ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/
 cd ldap-account-manager-$VERSION
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ perl -pi -e "s/\\@\\@VERSION\\@\\@/$VERSION/g" configure.ac
 autoconf
 rm -r autom4te.cache
 cd ..
-tar cfz ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz --owner=root --group=root --mtime=now ldap-account-manager-$VERSION
+tar cfj ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 --owner=root --group=root --mtime=now ldap-account-manager-$VERSION
 
-# tar.gz of LAM Pro
+# tar.bz2 of LAM Pro
 cd LAMPro
 cp ../lam-packaging/autoconf/configure.ac ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/
 cp ../lam-packaging/autoconf/Makefile.in ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ perl -pi -e "s/\\@\\@VERSION\\@\\@/$VERSION/g" configure.ac
 autoconf
 rm -r autom4te.cache
 cd ..
-tar cfz ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz --owner=root --group=root --mtime=now ldap-account-manager-$VERSION
+tar cfj ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 --owner=root --group=root --mtime=now ldap-account-manager-$VERSION
 cd ..
 
 # Debian
 mkdir Debian
-cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz Debian/ldap-account-manager_$VERSION.orig.tar.gz
+cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 Debian/ldap-account-manager_$VERSION.orig.tar.bz2
 mv ldap-account-manager-$VERSION Debian/
 cp -r lam-packaging/debian Debian/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/
 cd Debian/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ cd ..
 # Debian for LAM Pro
 cd LAMPro
 mkdir Debian
-cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz Debian/ldap-account-manager_$VERSION.orig.tar.gz
+cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 Debian/ldap-account-manager_$VERSION.orig.tar.bz2
 mv ldap-account-manager-$VERSION Debian/
 cp -r ../lam-packaging/debian Debian/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION/
 cd Debian/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION
@@ -128,28 +128,28 @@ mkdir LAMPro/RPM
 
 
 # Fedora RPM
-cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
 cp lam-packaging/RPM/lam.apache.conf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
 rpmbuild --sign --clean --rmsource -bb lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager-fedora.spec
 mv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/ldap-account-manager*-$VERSION-*1.noarch.rpm RPM/
 
 # Fedora RPM for LAM Pro
 cd LAMPro
-cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 cp ../lam-packaging/RPM/lam.apache.conf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
 rpmbuild --sign --clean --rmsource -bb ../lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager-fedora.spec
 mv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/ldap-account-manager*-$VERSION-*1.noarch.rpm RPM/
 cd ..
 
 # Suse RPM
-cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
 cp lam-packaging/RPM/lam.apache.conf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
 rpmbuild --sign --clean --rmsource -bb lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager-suse.spec
 mv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/ldap-account-manager*-$VERSION-*1.noarch.rpm RPM/
 
 # Suse RPM for LAM Pro
 cd LAMPro
-cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cp ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2 ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ldap-account-manager-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 cp ../lam-packaging/RPM/lam.apache.conf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
 rpmbuild --sign --clean --rmsource -bb ../lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager-suse.spec
 mv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/ldap-account-manager*-$VERSION-*1.noarch.rpm RPM/