diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers.inc
index 3f27afa4c9..b18d09fd6c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers.inc
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ python __anonymous () {
 
 inherit kernel-arch
 
-SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/kernel/v${HEADER_FETCH_VER}/linux-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+KORG_ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION ?= "bz2"
+
+SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/kernel/v${HEADER_FETCH_VER}/linux-${PV}.tar.${KORG_ARCHIVE_COMPRESSION}"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/linux-${PV}"