diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index 99a3c1e525..44bd2c9305 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ pkgname = $(lastword $(subst /, ,$(pkgdir)))
 # Define extractors for different archive suffixes
 INFLATE.bz2  = $(BZCAT)
 INFLATE.gz   = $(ZCAT)
+INFLATE.lzma = $(XZCAT)
 INFLATE.tbz  = $(BZCAT)
 INFLATE.tbz2 = $(BZCAT)
 INFLATE.tgz  = $(ZCAT)