diff --git a/build/debian/rules b/build/debian/rules
index b63fcffde93..df6abfd1b89 100755
--- a/build/debian/rules
+++ b/build/debian/rules
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 override_dh_auto_build:
 # Do nothing. Added to disable launchpad to use bugged dh_auto_build search for ant
 
+# Force the compression format for control files
+override_dh_builddeb:
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
+
 #override_dh_compress:
 #	dh_compress --no-act -X.png
 
@@ -124,4 +128,4 @@ override_dh_fixperms:
 	# Give rights to the webserver on the upload directory
 	chown www-data:www-data debian/dolibarr/var/lib/dolibarr/documents
 	chmod 2775 debian/dolibarr/var/lib/dolibarr/documents
-	
+
diff --git a/build/debian/source/options b/build/debian/source/options
index 8d8fd181896..49a59df5428 100644
--- a/build/debian/source/options
+++ b/build/debian/source/options
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-# Force use of gzip compression by dpkg-buildpackage
+# Force use of gzip compression by dpkg-buildpackage for the tarball *.debian.tar.gz
+# See also option --compression from command line of dpkg-buildpackage
+# Format for the control files are defined into the rules file in override_dh_builddeb section
 compression = "gzip"
 #compression-level = 9
diff --git a/build/makepack-dolibarr.pl b/build/makepack-dolibarr.pl
index f0433da142b..b7586e3909f 100755
--- a/build/makepack-dolibarr.pl
+++ b/build/makepack-dolibarr.pl
@@ -1050,16 +1050,16 @@ if ($nboftargetok) {
 			print "Go into directory $BUILDROOT/$PROJECT-$MAJOR.$MINOR.$build\n";
 			chdir("$BUILDROOT/$PROJECT-$MAJOR.$MINOR.$build");
 			#$cmd="dpkg-source -b $BUILDROOT/$PROJECT-$MAJOR.$MINOR.$build";
-			$cmd="dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc";
+			$cmd="dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc --compression=gzip";
 			print "Launch DEB build ($cmd)\n";
 			$ret=`$cmd 2>&1 3>&1`;
 			print $ret."\n";
 
 			chdir("$olddir");
-			
+
 			print "You can check bin package with lintian --pedantic -E -I \"$NEWDESTI/${FILENAMEDEB}_all.deb\"\n";
 			print "You can check src package with lintian --pedantic -E -I \"$NEWDESTI/${FILENAMEDEB}.dsc\"\n";
-			
+
 			# Move to final dir
 			print "Move *_all.deb *.dsc *.orig.tar.gz *.changes to $NEWDESTI\n";
 			$ret=`mv $BUILDROOT/*_all.deb "$NEWDESTI/"`;