diff --git a/scripts/create_release_tarball.sh b/scripts/create_release_tarball.sh
index 3a234eba8..2ad9ca70a 100755
--- a/scripts/create_release_tarball.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_release_tarball.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,24 @@ if [ -z ${TAG:-} ];then
 	esac
 fi
 
+function create_hash {
+	NAME=$1
+	run md5sum ${NAME} > ${NAME}.md5
+	run sha1sum ${NAME} > ${NAME}.sha1
+	run sha256sum ${NAME} > ${NAME}.sha256
+	run sha512sum ${NAME} > ${NAME}.sha512
+}
+
+function create_tar {
+	ARGS=$1
+	EXT=$2
+	TAG=$3
+
+	NAME=freerdp-${TAG}${EXT}
+	run tar $ARGS ${NAME} freerdp-${TAG}
+	create_hash ${NAME}
+}
+
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -t release-${TAG}-XXXXXXXXXX)
 
 run git archive --prefix=freerdp-${TAG}/ --format=tar.gz -o ${TMPDIR}/freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz ${TAG}
@@ -32,18 +50,16 @@ run echo ${TAG} > ${TMPDIR}/freerdp-${TAG}/.source_version
 
 pushd .
 cd  $TMPDIR
-run tar czvf freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz freerdp-${TAG}
-run md5sum freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz > freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz.md5
-run sha1sum freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz > freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz.sha1
-run sha256sum freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz > freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz.sha256
+create_tar czf .tar.gz ${TAG}
+create_tar cvjSf .tar.bz2 ${TAG}
+create_tar cfJ .tar.xz ${TAG}
 
-run zip -r freerdp-${TAG}.zip freerdp-${TAG}
-run md5sum freerdp-${TAG}.zip > freerdp-${TAG}.zip.md5
-run sha1sum freerdp-${TAG}.zip > freerdp-${TAG}.zip.sha1
-run sha256sum freerdp-${TAG}.zip > freerdp-${TAG}.zip.sha256
+ZIPNAME=freerdp-${TAG}.zip
+run zip -r ${ZIPNAME} freerdp-${TAG}
+create_hash ${ZIPNAME}
 popd
 
-run mv ${TMPDIR}/freerdp-${TAG}.tar.gz* .
+run mv ${TMPDIR}/freerdp-${TAG}.tar* .
 run mv ${TMPDIR}/freerdp-${TAG}.zip* .
 run rm -rf ${TMPDIR}
 exit 0