diff -purN libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/conf-parse.y libsemanage-2.0.33/src/conf-parse.y
--- libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/conf-parse.y	2009-07-30 22:14:16.000000000 -0400
+++ libsemanage-2.0.33/src/conf-parse.y	2009-08-24 14:17:59.255304232 -0400
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static int parse_errors;
 
 %token MODULE_STORE VERSION EXPAND_CHECK FILE_MODE SAVE_PREVIOUS SAVE_LINKED
 %token LOAD_POLICY_START SETFILES_START DISABLE_GENHOMEDIRCON HANDLE_UNKNOWN
+%token BZIP_BLOCKSIZE BZIP_SMALL
 %token VERIFY_MOD_START VERIFY_LINKED_START VERIFY_KERNEL_START BLOCK_END
 %token PROG_PATH PROG_ARGS
 %token <s> ARG
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ single_opt:     module_store
         |       save_linked
         |       disable_genhomedircon
         |       handle_unknown
+	|	bzip_blocksize
+	|	bzip_small
         ;
 
 module_store:   MODULE_STORE '=' ARG {
@@ -163,6 +166,26 @@ handle_unknown: HANDLE_UNKNOWN '=' ARG {
 	free($3);
  }
 
+bzip_blocksize:  BZIP_BLOCKSIZE '=' ARG {
+	int blocksize = atoi($3);
+	free($3);
+	if (blocksize > 9)
+		yyerror("bzip-blocksize can only be in the range 0-9");
+	else
+		current_conf->bzip_blocksize = blocksize;
+}
+
+bzip_small:  BZIP_SMALL '=' ARG {
+	if (strcasecmp($3, "false") == 0) {
+		current_conf->bzip_small = 0;
+	} else if (strcasecmp($3, "true") == 0) {
+		current_conf->bzip_small = 1;
+	} else {
+		yyerror("bzip-small can only be 'true' or 'false'");
+	}
+	free($3);
+}
+
 command_block: 
                 command_start external_opts BLOCK_END  {
                         if (new_external->path == NULL) {
@@ -230,6 +253,8 @@ static int semanage_conf_init(semanage_c
 	conf->expand_check = 1;
 	conf->handle_unknown = -1;
 	conf->file_mode = 0644;
+	conf->bzip_blocksize = 9;
+	conf->bzip_small = 0;
 
 	conf->save_previous = 0;
 	conf->save_linked = 0;
diff -purN libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/conf-scan.l libsemanage-2.0.33/src/conf-scan.l
--- libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/conf-scan.l	2009-07-30 22:14:16.000000000 -0400
+++ libsemanage-2.0.33/src/conf-scan.l	2009-08-24 14:17:59.255304232 -0400
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ save-previous     return SAVE_PREVIOUS;
 save-linked       return SAVE_LINKED;
 disable-genhomedircon return DISABLE_GENHOMEDIRCON;
 handle-unknown    return HANDLE_UNKNOWN;
+bzip-blocksize	return BZIP_BLOCKSIZE;
+bzip-small	return BZIP_SMALL;
 "[load_policy]"   return LOAD_POLICY_START;
 "[setfiles]"      return SETFILES_START;
 "[verify module]" return VERIFY_MOD_START;
diff -purN libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/direct_api.c libsemanage-2.0.33/src/direct_api.c
--- libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/direct_api.c	2009-07-30 22:14:16.000000000 -0400
+++ libsemanage-2.0.33/src/direct_api.c	2009-08-24 14:18:16.895213296 -0400
@@ -401,7 +401,9 @@ static int parse_base_headers(semanage_h
 
 /* bzip() a data to a file, returning the total number of compressed bytes
  * in the file.  Returns -1 if file could not be compressed. */
-static ssize_t bzip(const char *filename, char *data, size_t num_bytes) {
+static ssize_t bzip(semanage_handle_t *sh, const char *filename, char *data,
+			size_t num_bytes)
+{
 	BZFILE* b;
 	size_t  size = 1<<16;
 	int     bzerror;
@@ -413,7 +415,16 @@ static ssize_t bzip(const char *filename
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	b = BZ2_bzWriteOpen( &bzerror, f, 9, 0, 0);
+	if (!sh->conf->bzip_blocksize) {
+		if (fwrite(data, 1, num_bytes, f) < num_bytes) {
+			fclose(f);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		fclose(f);
+		return num_bytes;
+	}
+
+	b = BZ2_bzWriteOpen( &bzerror, f, sh->conf->bzip_blocksize, 0, 0);
 	if (bzerror != BZ_OK) {
 		BZ2_bzWriteClose ( &bzerror, b, 1, 0, 0 );
 		return -1;
@@ -441,17 +452,29 @@ static ssize_t bzip(const char *filename
 	return total;
 }
 
+#define BZ2_MAGICSTR "BZh"
+#define BZ2_MAGICLEN (sizeof(BZ2_MAGICSTR)-1)
+
 /* bunzip() a file to '*data', returning the total number of uncompressed bytes
  * in the file.  Returns -1 if file could not be decompressed. */
-ssize_t bunzip(FILE *f, char **data) {
+ssize_t bunzip(semanage_handle_t *sh, FILE *f, char **data)
+{
 	BZFILE* b;
 	size_t  nBuf;
 	char    buf[1<<18];
 	size_t  size = sizeof(buf);
 	int     bzerror;
 	size_t  total=0;
+
+	if (!sh->conf->bzip_blocksize) {
+		bzerror = fread(buf, 1, BZ2_MAGICLEN, f);
+		rewind(f);
+		if ((bzerror != BZ2_MAGICLEN) || memcmp(buf, BZ2_MAGICSTR, BZ2_MAGICLEN))
+			return -1;
+		/* fall through */
+	}
 	
-	b = BZ2_bzReadOpen ( &bzerror, f, 0, 0, NULL, 0 );
+	b = BZ2_bzReadOpen ( &bzerror, f, 0, sh->conf->bzip_small, NULL, 0 );
 	if ( bzerror != BZ_OK ) {
 		BZ2_bzReadClose ( &bzerror, b );
 		return -1;
@@ -486,11 +509,12 @@ ssize_t bunzip(FILE *f, char **data) {
  * the file into '*data'.
  * Returns the total number of bytes in memory .
  * Returns -1 if file could not be opened or mapped. */
-static ssize_t map_file(int fd, char **data, int *compressed)
+static ssize_t map_file(semanage_handle_t *sh, int fd, char **data,
+			int *compressed)
 {
 	ssize_t size = -1;
 	char *uncompress;
-	if ((size = bunzip(fdopen(fd, "r"), &uncompress)) > 0) {
+	if ((size = bunzip(sh, fdopen(fd, "r"), &uncompress)) > 0) {
 		*data = mmap(0, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
 		if (*data == MAP_FAILED) {
 			free(uncompress);
@@ -997,7 +1021,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_install(seman
 					   &filename)) != 0) {
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	if (bzip(filename, data, data_len) <= 0) {
+	if (bzip(sh, filename, data, data_len) <= 0) {
 		ERR(sh, "Error while writing to %s.", filename);
 		retval = -3;
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -1029,7 +1053,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_install_file(
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if ((data_len = map_file(in_fd, &data, &compressed)) <= 0) {
+	if ((data_len = map_file(sh, in_fd, &data, &compressed)) <= 0) {
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 		
@@ -1127,7 +1151,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_upgrade(seman
 						 data, data_len, 
 						 &filename);
 	if (retval == 0) {
-		if (bzip(filename, data, data_len) <= 0) {
+		if (bzip(sh, filename, data, data_len) <= 0) {
 			ERR(sh, "Error while writing to %s.", filename);
 			retval = -3;
 		}
@@ -1155,7 +1179,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_upgrade_file(
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if ((data_len = map_file(in_fd, &data, &compressed)) <= 0) {
+	if ((data_len = map_file(sh, in_fd, &data, &compressed)) <= 0) {
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
@@ -1197,7 +1221,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_install_base(
 	if ((filename = semanage_path(SEMANAGE_TMP, SEMANAGE_BASE)) == NULL) {
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	if (bzip(filename, base_data, data_len) <= 0) {
+	if (bzip(sh, filename, base_data, data_len) <= 0) {
 		ERR(sh, "Error while writing to %s.", filename);
 		retval = -3;
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -1225,7 +1249,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_install_base_
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if ((data_len = map_file(in_fd, &data, &compressed)) <= 0) {
+	if ((data_len = map_file(sh, in_fd, &data, &compressed)) <= 0) {
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 		
@@ -1347,7 +1371,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_list(semanage
 		ssize_t size;
 		char *data = NULL;
 
-		if ((size = bunzip(fp, &data)) > 0) {
+		if ((size = bunzip(sh, fp, &data)) > 0) {
 			fclose(fp);
 			fp = fmemopen(data, size, "rb");
 			if (!fp) {
diff -purN libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/direct_api.h libsemanage-2.0.33/src/direct_api.h
--- libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/direct_api.h	2009-07-30 22:14:16.000000000 -0400
+++ libsemanage-2.0.33/src/direct_api.h	2009-08-24 14:17:59.271293736 -0400
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ int semanage_direct_mls_enabled(struct s
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-ssize_t bunzip(FILE *f, char **data);
+ssize_t bunzip(struct semanage_handle *sh, FILE *f, char **data);
 
 #endif
diff -purN libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/semanage_conf.h libsemanage-2.0.33/src/semanage_conf.h
--- libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/semanage_conf.h	2009-07-30 22:14:16.000000000 -0400
+++ libsemanage-2.0.33/src/semanage_conf.h	2009-08-24 14:17:59.279293237 -0400
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ typedef struct semanage_conf {
 	int disable_genhomedircon;
 	int handle_unknown;
 	mode_t file_mode;
+	int bzip_blocksize;
+	int bzip_small;
 	struct external_prog *load_policy;
 	struct external_prog *setfiles;
 	struct external_prog *mod_prog, *linked_prog, *kernel_prog;
diff -purN libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/semanage_store.c libsemanage-2.0.33/src/semanage_store.c
--- libsemanage-2.0.33.orig/src/semanage_store.c	2009-07-30 22:14:16.000000000 -0400
+++ libsemanage-2.0.33/src/semanage_store.c	2009-08-24 14:17:59.283234006 -0400
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ static int semanage_load_module(semanage
 	ssize_t size;
 	char *data = NULL;
 
-	if ((size = bunzip(fp, &data)) > 0) {
+	if ((size = bunzip(sh, fp, &data)) > 0) {
 		fclose(fp);
 		fp = fmemopen(data, size, "rb");
 		if (!fp) {