diff --git a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/merged-rsyslog b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/merged-rsyslog
index 543e667a74..f8b7c778ad 100644
--- a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/merged-rsyslog
+++ b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/merged-rsyslog
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
     create 0644 root root
     copytruncate
     compress
-    compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
-    uncompresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    compresscmd /bin/gzip
+    uncompresscmd /bin/gzip
 }