diff --git a/native/src/base/include/stream.hpp b/native/src/base/include/stream.hpp
index 474208510..09b34f3c6 100644
--- a/native/src/base/include/stream.hpp
+++ b/native/src/base/include/stream.hpp
@@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ private:
     void resize(size_t new_sz, bool zero = false);
 };
 
+class rust_vec_channel : public channel {
+public:
+    rust_vec_channel(rust::Vec<uint8_t> &data) : _data(data) {}
+
+    ssize_t read(void *buf, size_t len) override;
+    bool write(const void *buf, size_t len) override;
+    off_t seek(off_t off, int whence) override;
+
+private:
+    rust::Vec<uint8_t> &_data;
+    size_t _pos = 0;
+
+    void ensure_size(size_t sz);
+};
+
 class file_channel : public channel {
 public:
     bool write(const void *buf, size_t len) final;
diff --git a/native/src/base/lib.rs b/native/src/base/lib.rs
index 37b34ef76..e05dc3f5e 100644
--- a/native/src/base/lib.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub mod ffi {
         fn set_log_level_state_cxx(level: LogLevelCxx, enabled: bool);
         fn exit_on_error(b: bool);
         fn cmdline_logging();
+        fn resize_vec(vec: &mut Vec<u8>, size: usize);
     }
 
     #[namespace = "rust"]
@@ -63,3 +64,7 @@ fn set_log_level_state_cxx(level: ffi::LogLevelCxx, enabled: bool) {
         set_log_level_state(level, enabled)
     }
 }
+
+fn resize_vec(vec: &mut Vec<u8>, size: usize) {
+    vec.resize(size, 0);
+}
diff --git a/native/src/base/stream.cpp b/native/src/base/stream.cpp
index b7a775c73..3628b14e0 100644
--- a/native/src/base/stream.cpp
+++ b/native/src/base/stream.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,47 @@ void byte_channel::resize(size_t new_sz, bool zero) {
     }
 }
 
+ssize_t rust_vec_channel::read(void *buf, size_t len) {
+    len = std::min<size_t>(len, _data.size() - _pos);
+    memcpy(buf, _data.data() + _pos, len);
+    _pos += len;
+    return len;
+}
+
+bool rust_vec_channel::write(const void *buf, size_t len) {
+    ensure_size(_pos + len);
+    memcpy(_data.data() + _pos, buf, len);
+    _pos += len;
+    return true;
+}
+
+off_t rust_vec_channel::seek(off_t off, int whence) {
+    off_t np;
+    switch (whence) {
+        case SEEK_CUR:
+            np = _pos + off;
+            break;
+        case SEEK_END:
+            np = _data.size() + off;
+            break;
+        case SEEK_SET:
+            np = off;
+            break;
+        default:
+            return -1;
+    }
+    ensure_size(np);
+    _pos = np;
+    return np;
+}
+
+void rust_vec_channel::ensure_size(size_t sz) {
+    size_t old_sz = _data.size();
+    if (sz > old_sz) {
+        resize_vec(_data, sz);
+    }
+}
+
 ssize_t fd_channel::read(void *buf, size_t len) {
     return ::read(fd, buf, len);
 }
diff --git a/native/src/boot/compress.cpp b/native/src/boot/compress.cpp
index 3e145a107..f656bc6b6 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/compress.cpp
+++ b/native/src/boot/compress.cpp
@@ -732,3 +732,24 @@ bool decompress(rust::Slice<const uint8_t> buf, int fd) {
     }
     return true;
 }
+
+bool xz(rust::Slice<const uint8_t> buf, rust::Vec<uint8_t> &out) {
+    auto strm = get_encoder(XZ, make_unique<rust_vec_channel>(out));
+    if (!strm->write(buf.data(), buf.length())) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool unxz(rust::Slice<const uint8_t> buf, rust::Vec<uint8_t> &out) {
+    format_t type = check_fmt(buf.data(), buf.length());
+    if (type != XZ) {
+        LOGE("Input file is not in xz format!\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+    auto strm = get_decoder(XZ, make_unique<rust_vec_channel>(out));
+    if (!strm->write(buf.data(), buf.length())) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/native/src/boot/compress.hpp b/native/src/boot/compress.hpp
index 804c6f741..bcb32e59f 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/compress.hpp
+++ b/native/src/boot/compress.hpp
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ out_strm_ptr get_decoder(format_t type, out_strm_ptr &&base);
 void compress(const char *method, const char *infile, const char *outfile);
 void decompress(char *infile, const char *outfile);
 bool decompress(rust::Slice<const uint8_t> buf, int fd);
+bool xz(rust::Slice<const uint8_t> buf, rust::Vec<uint8_t> &out);
+bool unxz(rust::Slice<const uint8_t> buf, rust::Vec<uint8_t> &out);
diff --git a/native/src/boot/cpio.rs b/native/src/boot/cpio.rs
index 36e012d77..cfb8db411 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/cpio.rs
+++ b/native/src/boot/cpio.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use bytemuck::{from_bytes, Pod, Zeroable};
 use num_traits::cast::AsPrimitive;
 use size::{Base, Size, Style};
 
+use crate::ffi::{unxz, xz};
 use base::libc::{
     c_char, dev_t, gid_t, major, makedev, minor, mknod, mode_t, uid_t, S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFDIR,
     S_IFLNK, S_IFMT, S_IFREG, S_IRGRP, S_IROTH, S_IRUSR, S_IWGRP, S_IWOTH, S_IWUSR, S_IXGRP,
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ struct Exists {
 struct Backup {
     #[argh(positional, arg_name = "orig")]
     origin: String,
+    #[argh(switch, short = 'n')]
+    skip_compress: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(FromArgs)]
@@ -177,8 +180,8 @@ Supported commands:
   patch
     Apply ramdisk patches
     Configure with env variables: KEEPVERITY KEEPFORCEENCRYPT
-  backup ORIG
-    Create ramdisk backups from ORIG
+  backup ORIG [-n]
+    Create ramdisk backups from ORIG, specify [-n] to skip compression
   restore
     Restore ramdisk from ramdisk backup stored within incpio
 "#
@@ -495,6 +498,26 @@ impl Cpio {
     }
 }
 
+impl CpioEntry {
+    pub(crate) fn compress(&mut self) -> LoggedResult<()> {
+        let mut compressed = Vec::new();
+        if !xz(&self.data, &mut compressed) {
+            return Err(log_err!("xz compression failed"));
+        }
+        self.data = compressed;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn decompress(&mut self) -> LoggedResult<()> {
+        let mut decompressed = Vec::new();
+        if !unxz(&self.data, &mut decompressed) {
+            return Err(log_err!("xz decompression failed"));
+        }
+        self.data = decompressed;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 impl Display for CpioEntry {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         write!(
@@ -572,9 +595,10 @@ pub fn cpio_commands(argc: i32, argv: *const *const c_char) -> bool {
                         exit(1);
                     }
                 }
-                CpioSubCommand::Backup(Backup { origin }) => {
-                    cpio.backup(Utf8CStr::from_string(origin))?
-                }
+                CpioSubCommand::Backup(Backup {
+                    origin,
+                    skip_compress,
+                }) => cpio.backup(Utf8CStr::from_string(origin), *skip_compress)?,
                 CpioSubCommand::Remove(Remove { path, recursive }) => cpio.rm(path, *recursive),
                 CpioSubCommand::Move(Move { from, to }) => cpio.mv(from, to)?,
                 CpioSubCommand::MakeDir(MakeDir { mode, dir }) => cpio.mkdir(mode, dir),
diff --git a/native/src/boot/lib.rs b/native/src/boot/lib.rs
index 578bde6ba..6e2d4df4d 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/lib.rs
+++ b/native/src/boot/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ pub mod ffi {
     unsafe extern "C++" {
         include!("compress.hpp");
         fn decompress(buf: &[u8], fd: i32) -> bool;
+        fn xz(buf: &[u8], out: &mut Vec<u8>) -> bool;
+        fn unxz(buf: &[u8], out: &mut Vec<u8>) -> bool;
 
         include!("bootimg.hpp");
         #[cxx_name = "boot_img"]
diff --git a/native/src/boot/ramdisk.rs b/native/src/boot/ramdisk.rs
index e3f1f541c..1014860a5 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/ramdisk.rs
+++ b/native/src/boot/ramdisk.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub trait MagiskCpio {
     fn patch(&mut self);
     fn test(&self) -> i32;
     fn restore(&mut self) -> LoggedResult<()>;
-    fn backup(&mut self, origin: &Utf8CStr) -> LoggedResult<()>;
+    fn backup(&mut self, origin: &Utf8CStr, skip_compress: bool) -> LoggedResult<()>;
 }
 
 const MAGISK_PATCHED: i32 = 1 << 0;
@@ -89,13 +89,17 @@ impl MagiskCpio for Cpio {
         let mut rm_list = String::new();
         self.entries
             .extract_if(|name, _| name.starts_with(".backup/"))
-            .for_each(|(name, entry)| {
+            .for_each(|(name, mut entry)| {
                 if name == ".backup/.rmlist" {
                     if let Ok(data) = from_utf8(&entry.data) {
                         rm_list.push_str(data);
                     }
                 } else if name != ".backup/.magisk" {
-                    let new_name = &name[8..];
+                    let new_name = if name.ends_with(".xz") && entry.decompress().is_ok() {
+                        &name[8..name.len() - 3]
+                    } else {
+                        &name[8..]
+                    };
                     eprintln!("Restore [{}] -> [{}]", name, new_name);
                     backups.insert(new_name.to_string(), entry);
                 }
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ impl MagiskCpio for Cpio {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn backup(&mut self, origin: &Utf8CStr) -> LoggedResult<()> {
+    fn backup(&mut self, origin: &Utf8CStr, skip_compress: bool) -> LoggedResult<()> {
         let mut backups = HashMap::<String, Box<CpioEntry>>::new();
         let mut rm_list = String::new();
         backups.insert(
@@ -170,8 +174,12 @@ impl MagiskCpio for Cpio {
                 }
             };
             match action {
-                Action::Backup(name, entry) => {
-                    let backup = format!(".backup/{}", name);
+                Action::Backup(name, mut entry) => {
+                    let backup = if !skip_compress && entry.compress().is_ok() {
+                        format!(".backup/{}.xz", name)
+                    } else {
+                        format!(".backup/{}", name)
+                    };
                     eprintln!("Backup [{}] -> [{}]", name, backup);
                     backups.insert(backup, entry);
                 }
diff --git a/native/src/init/getinfo.cpp b/native/src/init/getinfo.cpp
index e79fc68e4..b72e63f8c 100644
--- a/native/src/init/getinfo.cpp
+++ b/native/src/init/getinfo.cpp
@@ -217,8 +217,24 @@ bool check_two_stage() {
     return init.contains("selinux_setup");
 }
 
+void unxz_init(const char *init_xz, const char *init) {
+    LOGD("unxz %s -> %s\n", init_xz, init);
+    int fd = xopen(init, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0777);
+    fd_channel ch(fd);
+    unxz(ch, mmap_data{init_xz});
+    close(fd);
+    clone_attr(init_xz, init);
+    unlink(init_xz);
+}
+
 const char *backup_init() {
     if (access("/.backup/init.real", F_OK) == 0)
         return "/.backup/init.real";
+    if (access("/.backup/init.real.xz", F_OK) == 0) {
+        unxz_init("/.backup/init.real.xz", "/.backup/init.real");
+        return "/.backup/init.real";
+    }
+    if (access("/.backup/init.xz", F_OK) == 0)
+        unxz_init("/.backup/init.xz", "/.backup/init");
     return "/.backup/init";
 }