diff --git a/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh b/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh
index 8199b43784..9343f70ea3 100755
--- a/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh
+++ b/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ hdrsize=$rsize
 case "$(_dd $offset bs=2 count=1 | tr -d '\0')" in
 	"$(printf '\102\132')") _dd $offset | bunzip2 ;; # '\x42\x5a'
 	"$(printf '\037\213')") _dd $offset | gunzip  ;; # '\x1f\x8b'
-	"$(printf '\375\067')") _dd $offset | xzcat   ;; # '\xfd\x37'
+	"$(printf '\375\067')") _dd $offset | xz -dc  ;; # '\xfd\x37'
 	"$(printf '\135')") _dd $offset | unlzma      ;; # '\x5d\x00'
 	"$(printf '\050\265')") _dd $offset | unzstd  ;; # '\x28\xb5'
 	*) fatal "Unrecognized payload compression format in rpm file: $pkg" ;;