diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c480bf45d..4fc990f88 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2001-08-13  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* lib/mc.ext.in: Move ls-lR.gz before generic gzip support.
+
 	Replace "Can't" with "Cannot" everywhere.
 
 2001-08-12  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
diff --git a/lib/mc.ext.in b/lib/mc.ext.in
index 90aefc09a..3c853ceda 100644
--- a/lib/mc.ext.in
+++ b/lib/mc.ext.in
@@ -462,6 +462,17 @@ shell/.cpio
 	View=%view{ascii} cat '%f' | cpio -ictv
 	Extract=cat '%f' | cpio -ic
 
+# ls-lR
+regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR$
+	Open=%cd %p#lslR
+regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR\.(g?z|Z)$
+	Open=%cd %p#lslR
+	View=%view{ascii} gunzip -c %f
+
+# ftplist
+regex/\.ftplist$
+	Open=%cd %p#ftplist
+
 # gzip
 type/^gzip
 	Open=gzip -dc %f | %var{PAGER:more}
@@ -495,17 +506,6 @@ regex/\.s?a$
 	#Open=%view{ascii} ar tv %f
 	View=%view{ascii} nm %f
 
-# ls-lR
-regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR$
-	Open=%cd %p#lslR
-regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR\.(g?z|Z)$
-	Open=%cd %p#lslR
-	View=%view{ascii} gunzip -c %f
-
-# ftplist
-regex/\.ftplist$
-	Open=%cd %p#ftplist
-
 # trpm
 regex/\.trpm$
 	Open=%cd %p#trpm