diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 6581f0d..1b9ae87 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version=4
-opts=filenamemangle=s/.+\/v?(\d\S*)\.tar\.gz/jawn-$1\.tar\.gz/,uversionmangle=s/-(RC|M)/~$1/ \
+opts=repack,compression=xz,filenamemangle=s/.+\/v?(\d\S*)\.tar\.gz/jawn-$1\.tar\.gz/,uversionmangle=s/-(RC|M)/~$1/ \
   https://github.com/non/jawn/tags .*/v?(\d\S*)\.tar\.gz