diff --git a/misc/release b/misc/release
index e530ac69..0abaf77a 100755
--- a/misc/release
+++ b/misc/release
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ rm -f ../nasm-"$version".zip     ../nasm-"$version"-xdoc.zip
 # Create tarfile (Unix convention: file includes prefix)
 mv nasm nasm-"$version"
 tar cvvf  nasm-"$version".tar nasm-"$version"
-xz    -9k nasm-"$version".tar
-bzip2 -9k nasm-"$version".tar
-gzip  -9  nasm-"$version".tar
+xz    -9ek nasm-"$version".tar
+bzip2 -9k  nasm-"$version".tar
+gzip  -9   nasm-"$version".tar
 mv nasm-"$version".tar.gz nasm-"$version".tar.bz2 nasm-"$version".tar.xz ..
 
 # Create zipfile (DOS convention: no prefix, convert file endings)
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ find nasm-"$version"/doc -type d -exec rmdir '{}' \; 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Create doc tarfile
 tar cvvf nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar nasm-"$version"/doc
-xz    -9k nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar
-bzip2 -9k nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar
-gzip  -9  nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar
+xz    -9ek nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar
+bzip2 -9k  nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar
+gzip  -9   nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar
 mv nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar.gz nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar.bz2 nasm-"$version"-xdoc.tar.xz ..
 
 # Create doc zipfile (DOS convention: no prefix, convert file endings)