diff --git a/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk b/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk
index 0b81faf88a..050b6b8343 100644
--- a/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk
+++ b/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 NCMPC_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 NCMPC_VERSION = $(NCMPC_VERSION_MAJOR).24
-NCMPC_SOURCE = ncmpc-$(NCMPC_VERSION).tar.gz
+NCMPC_SOURCE = ncmpc-$(NCMPC_VERSION).tar.xz
 NCMPC_SITE = http://www.musicpd.org/download/ncmpc/$(NCMPC_VERSION_MAJOR)
 NCMPC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2 libmpdclient ncurses
 NCMPC_LICENSE = GPLv2+