diff --git a/install/dracut-install.c b/install/dracut-install.c
index 9e415b5e..7cda499d 100644
--- a/install/dracut-install.c
+++ b/install/dracut-install.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,8 @@ static int install_firmware(struct kmod_module *mod)
                 ret = -1;
                 STRV_FOREACH(q, firmwaredirs) {
                         _cleanup_free_ char *fwpath = NULL;
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *fwpath_xz = NULL;
+                        const char *fw;
                         struct stat sb;
                         int r;
 
@@ -1160,12 +1162,21 @@ static int install_firmware(struct kmod_module *mod)
                                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                         }
 
+                        fw = fwpath;
                         if (stat(fwpath, &sb) != 0) {
-                                log_debug("stat(%s) != 0", fwpath);
-                                continue;
+                                r = asprintf(&fwpath_xz, "%s.xz", fwpath);
+                                if (r < 0) {
+                                        log_error("Out of memory!");
+                                        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                                }
+                                if (stat(fwpath_xz, &sb) != 0) {
+                                        log_debug("stat(%s) != 0", fwpath);
+                                        continue;
+                                }
+                                fw = fwpath_xz;
                         }
 
-                        ret = dracut_install(fwpath, fwpath, false, false, true);
+                        ret = dracut_install(fw, fw, false, false, true);
                         if (ret == 0)
                                 log_debug("dracut_install '%s' OK", fwpath);
                 }