diff --git a/bcfg2/create-versions-index.sh b/bcfg2/create-versions-index.sh
index 89dfd9ac..1f1779ce 100755
--- a/bcfg2/create-versions-index.sh
+++ b/bcfg2/create-versions-index.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ generate () {
     distrib=$1
     arch=$2
     arch2=$3
-    cat $(locate -r "/$distrib/.*/binary-$arch/Packages$") /mirror/custom/Packages | \
+    zcat $(locate -r "/$distrib/.*/binary-$arch/Packages.gz$") /mirror/custom/Packages.gz | \
         awk  '$1 == "Package:" {printf "%s ", $2} $1 == "Version:" {print $2}' | \
         /usr/scripts/bcfg2/create-versions-index.py $arch2 $distrib > /usr/scripts/var/bcfg2/packages-generated-$distrib-$arch2.xml
 }