diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index a0cdf316660ce3e8f3f84798fda0a80358ff11b1..84659f5672985a248d0cadd1d9cbb7b3fb76e4fa 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ BEGIN
 		'format' => 'tar',
 		'compressor' => ['bzip2']},
 
+	'txz' => {
+		'display' => 'tar.xz',
+		'type' => 'application/x-xz',
+		'suffix' => '.tar.xz',
+		'format' => 'tar',
+		'compressor' => ['xz'],
+		'disabled' => 1},
+
 	'zip' => {
 		'display' => 'zip',
 		'type' => 'application/x-zip',
@@ -189,6 +197,7 @@ BEGIN
 our %known_snapshot_format_aliases = (
 	'gzip'  => 'tgz',
 	'bzip2' => 'tbz2',
+	'xz'    => 'txz',
 
 	# backward compatibility: legacy gitweb config support
 	'x-gzip' => undef, 'gz' => undef,