diff -urN dracut-037.orig/dracut.sh dracut-037/dracut.sh
--- dracut-037.orig/dracut.sh	2014-03-19 16:16:08.000000000 +0000
+++ dracut-037/dracut.sh	2014-05-17 14:56:39.530999661 +0000
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@
   -I, --install [LIST]  Install the space separated list of files into the
                          initramfs.
   --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.
@@ -168,12 +166,14 @@
                          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.
+  --lzo                 Compress the generated initramfs using lzop.
                          Make sure that your kernel has lzo support compiled
                          in, otherwise you will not be able to boot.
-  --lz4                  Compress the generated initramfs using lz4.
+  --lz4                 Compress the generated initramfs using lz4.
                          Make sure that your kernel has lz4 support compiled
                          in, otherwise you will not be able to boot.
   --compress [COMPRESSION] Compress the generated initramfs with the
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
 fw_dir=${fw_dir//:/ }
 
 # handle compression options.
-[[ $compress ]] || compress="gzip"
+[[ $compress ]] || compress="xz"
 case $compress in
     bzip2) compress="bzip2 -9";;
     lzma)  compress="lzma -9 -T0";;