diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d785df76d..8a82dad87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ IF(UNIX)
     if(APPLE)
         SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "ZIP")
     else()
-        SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ")
+        SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "TBZ2")
     endif()
 ELSEIF(WIN32)
     SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "ZIP")
diff --git a/build/.gitignore b/build/.gitignore
index 990de1678..10192a42e 100644
--- a/build/.gitignore
+++ b/build/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 VC2010
 DF_PATH.txt
+_CPack_Packages
+*.tar.*