diff --git a/scripts/tagscript.sh b/scripts/tagscript.sh
index 7a55a02445..8fc0823c49 100755
--- a/scripts/tagscript.sh
+++ b/scripts/tagscript.sh
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ rm -rf .git
 cd ..
 tar -czvf $dst_name.tar.gz $dst_dir
 tar -cjvf $dst_name.tar.bz2 $dst_dir
+tar -cJvf $dst_name.tar.xz $dst_dir
 rm -rf $dst_dir