diff --git a/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-app.bbclass b/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-app.bbclass
index d1b07d7457..957cfb3362 100644
--- a/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-app.bbclass
+++ b/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-app.bbclass
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ inherit xfce features_check
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
-SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/${BPN}/${@xfce_verdir("${PV}")}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/${BPN}/${@xfce_verdir("${PV}")}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.${XFCE_COMPRESS_TYPE}"
 
diff --git a/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass b/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass
index b43f9e3125..b2d71a4141 100644
--- a/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass
+++ b/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 DEPENDS += "libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4-panel"
 
-SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/${BPN}/${@xfce_verdir("${PV}")}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/${BPN}/${@xfce_verdir("${PV}")}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.${XFCE_COMPRESS_TYPE}"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/panel-plugins/"
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/"
diff --git a/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass b/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass
index 913202be59..6b3d0b0d0f 100644
--- a/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass
+++ b/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ def xfce_verdir(v):
     return "%s.%s" % (m.group(1), m.group(2))
 
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.xfce.org"
-SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/${BPN}/${@xfce_verdir("${PV}")}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+XFCE_COMPRESS_TYPE ?= "bz2"
+SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/${BPN}/${@xfce_verdir("${PV}")}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.${XFCE_COMPRESS_TYPE}"
 
 inherit autotools gettext gtk-icon-cache pkgconfig