--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ cmd_bzip2 = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) 
 
 quiet_cmd_lzma = LZMA    $@
 cmd_lzma = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | \
-	lzma -9 && $(call size_append, $(filter-out FORCE,$^))) > $@ || \
+	lzma e -d20 -lc1 -lp2 -pb2 -eos -si -so && $(call size_append, $(filter-out FORCE,$^))) > $@ || \
 	(rm -f $@ ; false)
 
 quiet_cmd_lzo = LZO    $@
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ cpio_list=
 output="/dev/stdout"
 output_file=""
 is_cpio_compressed=
-compr="gzip -9 -f"
+compr="gzip -9 -f -"
 
 arg="$1"
 case "$arg" in
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ case "$arg" in
 		output_file="$1"
 		cpio_list="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiolist.XXXXXX)"
 		output=${cpio_list}
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.gz$" && compr="gzip -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.bz2$" && compr="bzip2 -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzma$" && compr="lzma -9 -f"
+		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.gz$" && compr="gzip -9 -f -"
+		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.bz2$" && compr="bzip2 -9 -f -"
+		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzma$" && compr="lzma e -d20 -lc1 -lp2 -pb2 -eos -si -so"
 		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.cpio$" && compr="cat"
 		shift
 		;;
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ if [ ! -z ${output_file} ]; then
 	if [ "${is_cpio_compressed}" = "compressed" ]; then
 		cat ${cpio_tfile} > ${output_file}
 	else
-		(cat ${cpio_tfile} | ${compr}  - > ${output_file}) \
+		(cat ${cpio_tfile} | ${compr} > ${output_file}) \
 		|| (rm -f ${output_file} ; false)
 	fi
 	[ -z ${cpio_file} ] && rm ${cpio_tfile}
--- a/lib/decompress.c
+++ b/lib/decompress.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static const struct compress_format {
 	{ {037, 0236}, "gzip", gunzip },
 	{ {0x42, 0x5a}, "bzip2", bunzip2 },
 	{ {0x5d, 0x00}, "lzma", unlzma },
+	{ {0x6d, 0x00}, "lzma-openwrt", unlzma },
 	{ {0x89, 0x4c}, "lzo", unlzo },
 	{ {0, 0}, NULL, NULL }
 };
