diff --git a/scripts/patch-kernel b/scripts/patch-kernel
index 20fb25c2338..d000ea3a41f 100755
--- a/scripts/patch-kernel
+++ b/scripts/patch-kernel
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ findFile () {
 		ext=".bz2"
 		name="bzip2"
 		uncomp="bunzip2 -dc"
+  elif [ -r ${filebase}.xz ]; then
+                ext=".xz"
+                name="xz"
+                uncomp="xz -dc"
   elif [ -r ${filebase}.zip ]; then
 		ext=".zip"
 		name="zip"