1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio
index 3e3b684..c97f93d 100755
--- a/mkinitcpio
+++ b/mkinitcpio
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ usage: $APPNAME [options]
    -s               Save build directory. default: no
    -t TMPDIR        Use TMPDIR as the temporary build directory.
    -v               Verbose output. Default: no.
+   -z COMPRESS      Use COMPRESS on resulting image
 
 EOF
     cleanup
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ get_kernver() {
 
 trap sighandler TERM INT
 
-while getopts ':c:k:sb:g:p:m:nvH:LMhS:t:' arg; do
+while getopts ':c:k:sb:g:p:m:nvH:LMhS:t:z:' arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         c) CONFIG="${OPTARG}" ;;
         k) optkver=$OPTARG ;;
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ while getopts ':c:k:sb:g:p:m:nvH:LMhS:t:' arg; do
            exit 0 ;;
         M) SHOW_AUTOMODS=1 ;;
         t) TMPDIR=$OPTARG ;;
+        z) optcompress=$OPTARG ;;
         h|?) usage ;;
         :) echo "${OPTARG} requires a value..."; usage ;;
     esac
@@ -256,11 +258,18 @@ if (( SHOW_AUTOMODS )); then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+
 if [[ -z $GENIMG ]]; then
     msg "Starting dry run: %s" "$KERNELVERSION"
 else
+    COMPRESSION=${optcompress:-$COMPRESSION}
+    if ! type -P "$COMPRESSION" >/dev/null; then
+        die "Unable to locate compression method: %s" "$optcompress"
+    fi
+
     msg "Starting build: %s" "$KERNELVERSION"
 fi
+
 #parse 'global' hook, as defined in ${CONFIG}
 parse_hook