diff --git a/src/beesh.sh.in b/src/beesh.sh.in
index 96d04fa..04a72bb 100644
--- a/src/beesh.sh.in
+++ b/src/beesh.sh.in
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ function bee_archivebuild() {
         mkdir -pv "${BEE_BUILDARCHIVEDIR}"
     fi
 
-    archive="${BEE_BUILDARCHIVEDIR}/${PKGALLPKG}.beebuild.tar.bz2"
+    archive="${BEE_BUILDARCHIVEDIR}/${PKGALLPKG}.beebuild.tar"
 
     print_info " -> saving build environment.."
     print_info "${COLOR_CYAN}${archive}"
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ function bee_archivebuild() {
         B=${BEEWORKDIR}/build
     fi
 
-    tar -cjf ${archive} \
+    tar -cf ${archive} \
         --show-transformed-names \
         --sparse \
         --absolute-names \
@@ -693,6 +693,16 @@ function bee_archivebuild() {
         --transform="s,^${BEEWORKDIR},${PKGALLPKG}," \
         --transform="s,^${F},${PKGALLPKG}/files," \
         --transform="s,^${BEE_BEEDIR},${PKGALLPKG}/files,"
+
+    BZIP2=bzip2
+
+    if type -p pbzip2 > /dev/null ; then
+      BZIP2=pbzip2
+    fi
+
+    $BZIP2 ${archive}
+    archive="${archive}.bz2" # add bz2 for correct bookkeeping
+
 }
 
 function load_buildmagic() {