--- smart/channels/yast2.py
+++ smart/channels/yast2.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
     def getFetchSteps(self):
         return 4
 
-    def __fetchFile(self, file, fetcher, progress):
+    def __fetchFile(self, file, fetcher, progress, uncompress=False):
         fetcher.reset()
-        item = fetcher.enqueue(file)
+        item = fetcher.enqueue(file,uncomp=uncompress)
         fetcher.run(progress=progress)
         failed = item.getFailedReason()
         if failed:
@@ -77,21 +77,25 @@
         self.removeLoaders()
         descrdir = "suse/setup/descr"
         datadir = "RPMS"
+        uncompress = False
         for line in open(fetched.getTargetPath()):
             if line.startswith("DESCRDIR"): descrdir = line[9:-1]
             if line.startswith("DATADIR"): datadir = line[8:-1]
+            if line.strip().endswith("packages.gz"): uncompress = True
 
         # Fetch package information (req, dep, prov, etc)
         fetchitem = posixpath.join(self._baseurl,
                                   (("%s/packages") % descrdir))
-        fetched = self.__fetchFile(fetchitem, fetcher, progress)
+        if uncompress: fetchitem += ".gz"
+        fetched = self.__fetchFile(fetchitem, fetcher, progress, uncompress)
         if not fetched or fetched.getStatus() == FAILED: return False
         self.removeLoaders()
         pkginfofile = fetched.getTargetPath()
         if open(pkginfofile).read(9) == "=Ver: 2.0":
             fetchitem = posixpath.join(self._baseurl,
                                       (("%s/packages.en") % descrdir))
-            fetched = self.__fetchFile(fetchitem, fetcher, progress)
+            if uncompress: fetchitem += ".gz"
+            fetched = self.__fetchFile(fetchitem, fetcher, progress, uncompress)
             if not fetched or fetched.getStatus() == FAILED or open(fetched.getTargetPath()).read(9) != "=Ver: 2.0":
                 raise Error, "YaST2 package descriptions not loaded."
                 loader = YaST2Loader(self._baseurl, datadir, pkginfofile)