diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39c14229..00a138cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/geoffgarside/ber v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index af0b9d8a..96a49a0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 h1:El9xVISelRB7BuFusrZozjnkIM5YnzCViNKoh
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Gbd7IOopHjR8Iph03tsViu4nIes5XhDvyHbTtUxmeec=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 h1:69rxXcBk27SvSaaxTtLh/8llcHD8vYHT7WSdRZ/jvr4=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
+github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.1 h1:PlZu0n3Tuv04TzpfPbrnI0HW/YwodEXDS+oPKahKF0Q=
+github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Aw8dCMJ7RioblQeTqt88akK31OvO8Dhf5JflhBbQEHo=
+github.com/dsnet/golib v0.0.0-20171103203638-1ea166775780/go.mod h1:Lj+Z9rebOhdfkVLjJ8T6VcRQv3SXugXy999NBtR9aFY=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
@@ -134,8 +137,10 @@ github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.2.0/go.mod h1:SYymIcj16QtmaHHD7aYtjjsJG7V
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EZBBE59ingxPouuu3KfxchcWSUPOHkagtvWXihfKN4Q=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.4.1/go.mod h1:RyIbtBH6LamlWaDj8nUwkbUhJ87Yi3uG0guNDohfE1A=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5 h1:IFV2oUNUzZaz+XyusxpLzpzS8Pt5rh0Z16For/djlyI=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFBFZlji/RkVcI2GknAs/DXo4wKdlNEc=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
@@ -238,6 +243,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXl
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
+github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.6/go.mod h1:2bypXElzHzzJZwzH67Y6wb67pO62Rzfn7BSiF4ABRW8=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
diff --git a/pkg/compression/bzip2.go b/pkg/compression/bzip2.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..529dbdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/compression/bzip2.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package compression
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/dsnet/compress/bzip2"
+)
+
+type Bzip2Compressor struct {
+}
+
+func (b *Bzip2Compressor) Uncompress(in io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	return bzip2.NewReader(in, nil)
+}
+
+func (b *Bzip2Compressor) Compress(out io.Writer) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+	return bzip2.NewWriter(out, nil)
+}
+func (b *Bzip2Compressor) Extension() string {
+	return "tbz2"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/compression/compressor.go b/pkg/compression/compressor.go
index 108df7a2..545b5e79 100644
--- a/pkg/compression/compressor.go
+++ b/pkg/compression/compressor.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 type Compressor interface {
 	Uncompress(in io.Reader) (io.Reader, error)
-	Compress(out io.Writer) io.WriteCloser
+	Compress(out io.Writer) (io.WriteCloser, error)
 	Extension() string
 }
 
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ func GetCompressor(name string) (Compressor, error) {
 	switch name {
 	case "gzip":
 		return &GzipCompressor{}, nil
+	case "bzip2":
+		return &Bzip2Compressor{}, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown compression format: %s", name)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/compression/gzip.go b/pkg/compression/gzip.go
index 3134031c..eabad2ba 100644
--- a/pkg/compression/gzip.go
+++ b/pkg/compression/gzip.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ func (g *GzipCompressor) Uncompress(in io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
 	return gzip.NewReader(in)
 }
 
-func (g *GzipCompressor) Compress(out io.Writer) io.WriteCloser {
-	return gzip.NewWriter(out)
+func (g *GzipCompressor) Compress(out io.Writer) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+	return gzip.NewWriter(out), nil
 }
 func (g *GzipCompressor) Extension() string {
 	return "tgz"
diff --git a/pkg/core/dump.go b/pkg/core/dump.go
index 19f25036..322d61ce 100644
--- a/pkg/core/dump.go
+++ b/pkg/core/dump.go
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ func Dump(opts DumpOptions) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open output file '%s': %v", outFile, err)
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	cw := compressor.Compress(f)
+	cw, err := compressor.Compress(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create compressor: %v", err)
+	}
 	if err := archive.Tar(workdir, cw); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating the compressed archive: %v", err)
 	}