diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9df68ee0..d831fdb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+- Support bzip2 compression type (`CompressionType::Bzip2`).
+
 ### Changed
 
 - `Error` now implements `Send + Sync` (therefore, `Result<Package, Error>` now implements `Send + Sync`).
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 429754e8..1172a48e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ itertools = "0.12"
 hex = { version = "0.4", features = ["std"] }
 zstd = "0.13"
 xz2 = "0.1"
+bzip2 = "0.4.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index fe234316..da68ce1a 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("unable to find key with key-ref: {key_ref}")]
     KeyNotFoundError { key_ref: String },
 
-    #[error("unknown compressor type {0} - only gzip and none are supported")]
+    #[error("unknown compressor type {0} - supported types: gzip, zstd, xz, bzip2 and none")]
     UnknownCompressorType(String),
 
     #[error("unsupported digest algorithm {0:?}")]
diff --git a/src/rpm/builder.rs b/src/rpm/builder.rs
index 0c5f3631..37e5db0d 100644
--- a/src/rpm/builder.rs
+++ b/src/rpm/builder.rs
@@ -1052,6 +1052,7 @@ impl PackageBuilder {
             CompressionWithLevel::Gzip(level) => Some(("gzip".to_owned(), level.to_string())),
             CompressionWithLevel::Zstd(level) => Some(("zstd".to_owned(), level.to_string())),
             CompressionWithLevel::Xz(level) => Some(("xz".to_owned(), level.to_string())),
+            CompressionWithLevel::Bzip2(level) => Some(("bzip2".to_owned(), level.to_string())),
         };
 
         if let Some((compression_name, compression_level)) = compression_details {
diff --git a/src/rpm/compressor.rs b/src/rpm/compressor.rs
index 8390b737..b00221f5 100644
--- a/src/rpm/compressor.rs
+++ b/src/rpm/compressor.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub enum CompressionType {
     Gzip,
     Zstd,
     Xz,
+    Bzip2,
 }
 
 impl std::str::FromStr for CompressionType {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ impl std::str::FromStr for CompressionType {
             "gzip" => Ok(CompressionType::Gzip),
             "zstd" => Ok(CompressionType::Zstd),
             "xz" => Ok(CompressionType::Xz),
+            "bzip2" => Ok(CompressionType::Bzip2),
             _ => Err(Error::UnknownCompressorType(raw.to_string())),
         }
     }
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ pub enum Compressor {
     Gzip(flate2::write::GzEncoder<Vec<u8>>),
     Zstd(zstd::stream::Encoder<'static, Vec<u8>>),
     Xz(xz2::write::XzEncoder<Vec<u8>>),
+    Bzip2(bzip2::write::BzEncoder<Vec<u8>>),
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<CompressionWithLevel> for Compressor {
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ impl TryFrom<CompressionWithLevel> for Compressor {
                 Vec::new(),
                 level,
             ))),
+            CompressionWithLevel::Bzip2(level) => Ok(Compressor::Bzip2(
+                bzip2::write::BzEncoder::new(Vec::new(), bzip2::Compression::new(level)),
+            )),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ impl Write for Compressor {
             Compressor::Gzip(encoder) => encoder.write(content),
             Compressor::Zstd(encoder) => encoder.write(content),
             Compressor::Xz(encoder) => encoder.write(content),
+            Compressor::Bzip2(encoder) => encoder.write(content),
         }
     }
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ impl Write for Compressor {
             Compressor::Gzip(encoder) => encoder.flush(),
             Compressor::Zstd(encoder) => encoder.flush(),
             Compressor::Xz(encoder) => encoder.flush(),
+            Compressor::Bzip2(encoder) => encoder.flush(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -78,6 +86,7 @@ impl Compressor {
             Compressor::Gzip(encoder) => Ok(encoder.finish()?),
             Compressor::Zstd(encoder) => Ok(encoder.finish()?),
             Compressor::Xz(encoder) => Ok(encoder.finish()?),
+            Compressor::Bzip2(encoder) => Ok(encoder.finish()?),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@ pub enum CompressionWithLevel {
     Zstd(i32),
     Gzip(u32),
     Xz(u32),
+    Bzip2(u32),
 }
 
 impl CompressionWithLevel {
@@ -99,6 +109,7 @@ impl CompressionWithLevel {
             Self::Gzip(_) => CompressionType::Gzip,
             Self::Zstd(_) => CompressionType::Zstd,
             Self::Xz(_) => CompressionType::Xz,
+            Self::Bzip2(_) => CompressionType::Bzip2,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -116,6 +127,7 @@ impl From<CompressionType> for CompressionWithLevel {
             CompressionType::Gzip => CompressionWithLevel::Gzip(9),
             CompressionType::Xz => CompressionWithLevel::Xz(9),
             CompressionType::Zstd => CompressionWithLevel::Zstd(19),
+            CompressionType::Bzip2 => CompressionWithLevel::Bzip2(9),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/parsing.rs b/tests/parsing.rs
index fa2b2526..f871ae3a 100644
--- a/tests/parsing.rs
+++ b/tests/parsing.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ fn test_package_segment_boundaries() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             CompressionType::Gzip => &[0x1f, 0x8b],
             CompressionType::Zstd => &[0x28, 0xb5, 0x2f, 0xfd],
             CompressionType::Xz => &[0xfd, 0x37, 0x7a, 0x58, 0x5a],
+            CompressionType::Bzip2 => &[0x42, 0x5a],
             CompressionType::None => &[0x30, 0x37, 0x30, 0x37, 0x30, 0x31], // CPIO archive magic #
         };