diff --git a/scripts/extract b/scripts/extract
index 97a3cf40b2..cb6f678f1b 100755
--- a/scripts/extract
+++ b/scripts/extract
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ for i in $PKG_URL; do
       *.tar.gz | *.tgz)
         tar xzf $f -C $3
         ;;
+      *.tar.xz | *.txz)
+        tar xJf $f -C $3
+        ;;
       *.7z)
         mkdir -p $3/$1
         7z x -o$3/$1 $f
diff --git a/scripts/unpack b/scripts/unpack
index a3e9d3455b..e4a18879f1 100755
--- a/scripts/unpack
+++ b/scripts/unpack
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ rm -rf $BUILD/$1[-_]git*
 
 if [ -n "$PKG_URL" ]; then
   $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.tar.bz2" $BUILD
+  $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.tbz"     $BUILD
   $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.tar.gz"  $BUILD
+  $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.tar.xz"  $BUILD
+  $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.txz"     $BUILD
   $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.tgz"     $BUILD
   $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.7z"      $BUILD
 fi