diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 258be63..8869a5e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def imagetypes_getdepends(d):
     return depstr
 
 
-XZ_COMPRESSION_LEVEL ?= "-e -9"
+XZ_COMPRESSION_LEVEL ?= "-e -6"
 XZ_INTEGRITY_CHECK ?= "crc32"
 XZ_THREADS ?= "-T 0"