diff --git a/Debian.yaml b/Debian.yaml
index 7094f89..545d2e0 100644
--- a/Debian.yaml
+++ b/Debian.yaml
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ files:
 - path: /etc/sudoers.d/imgbuilder
   generator: dump
   content: |-
+   Defaults  env_keep += "XZ_DEFAULTS"
    jenkins ALL=(root:root)NOPASSWD:/bin/chown,/home/jenkins/workspace/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/distrobuilder,/home/jenkins/workspace/*/*/distrobuilder,/home/jenkins/workspace/*/distrobuilder
   variants:
   - imgbuilder