diff --git a/create_tarball b/create_tarball
index ac38f80..0b2e406 100755
--- a/create_tarball
+++ b/create_tarball
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ TARBALL_DIR=${TARBALL_DIR:-".."}
 
 # Set compression method
 case ${COMPRESS:="xz"} in
-  "gzip") TAR_SUFFIX="gz";;
-  "bzip2") TAR_SUFFIX="bz2";;
-  "xz") TAR_SUFFIX="xz";;
+  "gzip"|"pigz") TAR_SUFFIX="gz";;
+  "bzip2"|"pbzip2") TAR_SUFFIX="bz2";;
+  "xz"|"pxz") TAR_SUFFIX="xz";;
 esac
 
 # Check git-dir