+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";;