X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=programs%2Fimagex.c;h=376ba984d1a907a8f40bad318f51d0f60d157cb8;hp=6d8b1a882cfef9a1e281d07a8275dc3e6d375f91;hb=e539282ce394eba2d94752c3e3cbf8beaaad7aff;hpb=cbda4ad178585ce34762b0da0f488efddd8cf8ae

diff --git a/programs/imagex.c b/programs/imagex.c
index 6d8b1a88..376ba984 100644
--- a/programs/imagex.c
+++ b/programs/imagex.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static int imagex_export(int argc, const char **argv)
 	int open_flags = WIMLIB_OPEN_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS;
 	int export_flags = 0;
 	int write_flags = WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS;
-	int compression_type = WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_XPRESS;
+	int compression_type;
 	bool compression_type_specified = false;
 	const char *src_wimfile;
 	const char *src_image_num_or_name;
@@ -818,6 +818,8 @@ static int imagex_export(int argc, const char **argv)
 	} else {
 		wim_is_new = true;
 		/* dest_wimfile is not an existing file, so create a new WIM. */
+		if (!compression_type_specified)
+			compression_type = wimlib_get_compression_type(src_w);
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
 			ret = wimlib_create_new_wim(compression_type, &dest_w);
 			if (ret != 0)