diff --git a/PVE/VZDump.pm b/PVE/VZDump.pm
index a4fa8c18..98367266 100644
--- a/PVE/VZDump.pm
+++ b/PVE/VZDump.pm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ my $confdesc = {
 	description => "Compress dump file.",
 	optional => 1,
 	enum => ['0', '1', 'gzip', 'lzo'],
-	default => 'lzo',
+	default => '0',
     },
     pigz=> {
 	type => "integer",
diff --git a/debian/changelog.Debian b/debian/changelog.Debian
index aabd02b6..b7bdb8ca 100644
--- a/debian/changelog.Debian
+++ b/debian/changelog.Debian
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ pve-manager (4.1-26) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * do not depend of pve-doc-generator (this should be a Build-Depend instead)
 
+  * revert default compress mode for vzdump to 0
+
  -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:41:34 +0200
 
 pve-manager (4.1-25) unstable; urgency=medium