diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/LibreELEC-settings/scripts/backup-restore b/packages/mediacenter/LibreELEC-settings/scripts/backup-restore
index 7e6a1b1057..facf047d92 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/LibreELEC-settings/scripts/backup-restore
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/LibreELEC-settings/scripts/backup-restore
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 
 hidecursor
 
-BACKUP_FILE=$(find /storage/.restore/ -name "*.tar" -print -quit 2>/dev/null)
+BACKUP_EXTENSION_LIST=".tar .tar.gz .tar.bz2 .tar.xz"
+for EXTENSION in $BACKUP_EXTENSION_LIST; do
+  BACKUP_FILE=$(find /storage/.restore/ -name "*${EXTENSION}" -print -quit 2>/dev/null)
+  [ -n "${BACKUP_FILE}" ] && break
+done
 
 
 if [ -f "${BACKUP_FILE}" ]; then
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/libreelec-target-generator b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/libreelec-target-generator
index 7cb2f32e78..aae6b4b44c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/libreelec-target-generator
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/libreelec-target-generator
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2020-present Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2020-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 EARLY_DIR="$2"
 
@@ -27,7 +28,11 @@ for arg in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
   esac
 done
 
-BACKUP_FILE=$(ls -1 /storage/.restore/*.tar 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+BACKUP_EXTENSION_LIST=".tar .tar.gz .tar.bz2 .tar.xz"
+for extension in $BACKUP_EXTENSION_LIST; do
+  BACKUP_FILE=$(ls -1 /storage/.restore/*${EXTENSION} 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+  [ -n "${BACKUP_FILE}" ] && break
+done
 
 if [ -f /storage/.please_resize_me ]; then
   TARGET="fs-resize.target"