1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index ebc30d39b3..efaa5b99e9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ fakeroot tar_sdk() {
         # Package it up
         mkdir -p ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}
         cd ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}
-        tar ${SDKTAROPTS} -cf - . | xz ${XZ_DEFAULTS} > ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.tar.xz
+        tar ${SDKTAROPTS} -cf - . | xz -9 ${XZ_DEFAULTS} > ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.tar.xz
 }
 
 TOOLCHAIN_SHAR_EXT_TMPL ?= "${COREBASE}/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh"