diff -ur dracut-044.orig/dracut.sh dracut-044/dracut.sh
--- dracut-044.orig/dracut.sh	2015-11-30 12:50:20.000000000 +0000
+++ dracut-044/dracut.sh	2015-11-30 12:59:15.110305000 +0000
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@
   --install-optional [LIST]  Install the space separated list of files into the
                          initramfs, if they exist.
   --gzip                Compress the generated initramfs using gzip.
-                         This will be done by default, unless another
-                         compression option or --no-compress is passed.
   --bzip2               Compress the generated initramfs using bzip2.
                          Make sure your kernel has bzip2 decompression support
                          compiled in, otherwise you will not be able to boot.
@@ -182,6 +180,8 @@
                          Make sure your kernel has lzma support compiled in,
                          otherwise you will not be able to boot.
   --xz                  Compress the generated initramfs using xz.
+                         This will be done by default, unless another
+                         compression option or --no-compress is passed.
                          Make sure that your kernel has xz support compiled
                          in, otherwise you will not be able to boot.
   --lzo                 Compress the generated initramfs using lzop.
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@
 
 if ! [[ $compress ]]; then
     # check all known compressors, if none specified
-    for i in pigz gzip lz4 lzop lzma xz lbzip2 bzip2 cat; do
+    for i in xz lzma bzip2 lbzip2 gzip pigz lz4 lzop cat; do
         command -v "$i" &>/dev/null || continue
         compress="$i"
         break