diff -pru tar-1.13-bz2/src/tar.c tar-1.13-lzma/src/tar.c
--- tar-1.13-bz2/src/tar.c	2008-09-30 19:35:45.000000000 +0200
+++ tar-1.13-lzma/src/tar.c	2008-09-30 19:47:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 /* Patched to integrate bzip2 as compression filter (options -j, --bzip2 and --bunzip2) */
 
+/* Patched to integrate lzma as compression filter (option --lzma) */
+
 #include "system.h"
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -145,7 +147,10 @@ enum
   OBSOLETE_BLOCK_NUMBER,
   OBSOLETE_READ_FULL_RECORDS,
   OBSOLETE_TOUCH,
-  OBSOLETE_VERSION_CONTROL
+  OBSOLETE_VERSION_CONTROL,
+  
+  /* New options can go here. */
+  NEW_LZMA_COMPRESS
 };
 
 /* If nonzero, display usage information and exit.  */
@@ -201,6 +206,7 @@ struct option long_options[] =
   {"label", required_argument, NULL, 'V'},
   {"list", no_argument, NULL, 't'},
   {"listed-incremental", required_argument, NULL, 'g'},
+  {"lzma", no_argument, NULL, NEW_LZMA_COMPRESS},
   {"mode", required_argument, NULL, MODE_OPTION},
   {"modification-time", no_argument, NULL, OBSOLETE_TOUCH},
   {"multi-volume", no_argument, NULL, 'M'},
@@ -346,6 +352,7 @@ Archive format selection:\n\
               PATTERN                at list/extract time, a globbing PATTERN\n\
   -o, --old-archive, --portability   write a V7 format archive\n\
       --posix                        write a POSIX conformant archive\n\
+      --lzma                         filter the archive through lzma\n\
   -j, --bzip2, --bunzip2             filter the archive through bzip2\n\
   -z, --gzip, --ungzip               filter the archive through gzip\n\
   -Z, --compress, --uncompress       filter the archive through compress\n\
@@ -852,6 +859,10 @@ decode_options (int argc, char *const *a
 	no_recurse_option = 1;
 	break;
 
+      case NEW_LZMA_COMPRESS:
+        set_use_compress_program_option ("lzma");
+        break;
+
       case NULL_OPTION:
 	filename_terminator = '\0';
 	break;