diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 886a760..70d15f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,3 +112,4 @@
 /lorax-27.6.tar.gz
 /lorax-27.7.tar.gz
 /lorax-27.8.tar.gz
+/lorax-27.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/lorax.spec b/lorax.spec
index 61a0c10..91f7260 100644
--- a/lorax.spec
+++ b/lorax.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %define debug_package %{nil}
 
 Name:           lorax
-Version:        27.8
+Version:        27.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for creating the anaconda install images
 
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT mandir=%{_mandir} install
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 25 2017 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 27.9-1
+- x86.tmpl: initially define compressargs as empty string (awilliam@redhat.com)
+- x86.tmpl: ensure efiarch64 is defined (awilliam@redhat.com)
+
 * Thu Aug 24 2017 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 27.8-1
 - Fix grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot and shim-ia32 bits. (pjones@redhat.com)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0bb0a01..f8abe1d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lorax-27.8.tar.gz) = 346e9328c7c666f6a4277ce82d0aab9904ebda773a6d41607138f5c56f9f92517a0a533ba687feec1ec01456f6980e6a3f4dfb8d9a57a9a823ff93ebfc6450f0
+SHA512 (lorax-27.9.tar.gz) = 92709ca86cab7badf8defb48e490792c031015af18401b38af039ec06508209f2fdc343df05469a161684b3c68822147e775ca5e31272e759d20717e260ef8ce