diff --git a/lib/bb/compress/lz4.py b/lib/bb/compress/lz4.py
index 88b098932..2a64681c8 100644
--- a/lib/bb/compress/lz4.py
+++ b/lib/bb/compress/lz4.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def open(*args, **kwargs):
 
 class LZ4File(bb.compress._pipecompress.PipeFile):
     def get_compress(self):
-        return ["lz4c", "-z", "-c"]
+        return ["lz4", "-z", "-c"]
 
     def get_decompress(self):
-        return ["lz4c", "-d", "-c"]
+        return ["lz4", "-d", "-c"]
diff --git a/lib/bb/tests/compression.py b/lib/bb/tests/compression.py
index 95af3f96d..16c297b31 100644
--- a/lib/bb/tests/compression.py
+++ b/lib/bb/tests/compression.py
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class CompressionTests(object):
 
 class LZ4Tests(CompressionTests, unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        if shutil.which("lz4c") is None:
-            self.skipTest("'lz4c' not found")
+        if shutil.which("lz4") is None:
+            self.skipTest("'lz4' not found")
         super().setUp()
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager