diff --git a/diffstat-compress.patch b/diffstat-compress.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49b6003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diffstat-compress.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- diffstat-1.38/diffstat.c.compress	2005-08-10 09:54:46.000000000 +0100
++++ diffstat-1.38/diffstat.c	2005-08-10 09:55:11.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@
+     size_t len = strlen(name);
+ 
+     if (len > 2 && !strcmp(name + len - 2, ".Z")) {
+-	verb = "compress -dc %s";
++	verb = "gzip -dc %s";
+     } else if (len > 3 && !strcmp(name + len - 3, ".gz")) {
+ 	verb = "gzip -dc %s";
+     } else if (len > 4 && !strcmp(name + len - 4, ".bz2")) {