diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51fde94..2ea5350 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ rpmdir:
 	@[ -d rpm ] || mkdir -p rpm/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
 
 srpm: clean rpmdir tarball
-	mv realtime-setup-v$(VERSION).tar.bz2 rpm/SOURCES
+	mv realtime-setup-v$(VERSION).tar.$(EXT) rpm/SOURCES
 	rpmbuild $(RPMARGS) -bs realtime-setup.spec
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *~ *.tar.bz2
+	rm -f *~ *.tar.$(EXT)
 	rm -rf rpm
 	rm -f realtime-entsk *.o
 
 tarball: rpmdir
 	git archive --format=tar --prefix=realtime-setup-v$(VERSION)/ HEAD | \
-		bzip2 >realtime-setup-v$(VERSION).tar.bz2
+		bzip2 >realtime-setup-v$(VERSION).tar.$(EXT)
 
 install:
 	install -m 755 -D realtime-setup-kdump  $(DEST)/usr/bin/realtime-setup-kdump
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ install:
 dist-git: tarball
 	cd $(DISTGITDIR) && rhpkg switch-branch --fetch $(DISTGITBRANCH)
 	cp $(FILES) $(DISTGITDIR)
-	cp realtime-setup-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 $(DISTGITDIR)
-	cd $(DISTGITDIR) && rhpkg new-sources realtime-setup-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
+	cp realtime-setup-$(VERSION).tar.$(EXT) $(DISTGITDIR)
+	cd $(DISTGITDIR) && rhpkg new-sources realtime-setup-$(VERSION).tar.$(EXT)
 	@echo "files copied to $(DISTGITDIR)"