diff --git a/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c b/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c
index ac7e5db95..290dd130f 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c
@@ -225,18 +225,8 @@ static transformer_state_t *setup_transformer_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_comp
 	return xstate;
 }
 
-/* Used by e.g. rpm which gives us a fd without filename,
- * thus we can't guess the format from filename's extension.
- */
-int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed)
+static void fork_transformer_and_free(transformer_state_t *xstate)
 {
-	transformer_state_t *xstate = setup_transformer_on_fd(fd, fail_if_not_compressed);
-
-	if (!xstate || !xstate->xformer) {
-		free(xstate);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 # if BB_MMU
 	fork_transformer_with_no_sig(xstate->src_fd, xstate->xformer);
 # else
@@ -249,8 +239,34 @@ int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed)
 	fork_transformer_with_sig(xstate->src_fd, xstate->xformer, xstate->xformer_prog);
 # endif
 	free(xstate);
+}
+
+/* Used by e.g. rpm which gives us a fd without filename,
+ * thus we can't guess the format from filename's extension.
+ */
+int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed)
+{
+	transformer_state_t *xstate = setup_transformer_on_fd(fd, fail_if_not_compressed);
+
+	if (!xstate->xformer) {
+		free(xstate);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	fork_transformer_and_free(xstate);
 	return 0;
 }
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
+/* ...and custom version for LZMA */
+void FAST_FUNC setup_lzma_on_fd(int fd)
+{
+	transformer_state_t *xstate = xzalloc(sizeof(*xstate));
+	xstate->src_fd = fd;
+	xstate->xformer = unpack_lzma_stream;
+	USE_FOR_NOMMU(xstate->xformer_prog = "unlzma";)
+	fork_transformer_and_free(xstate);
+}
+#endif
 
 static transformer_state_t *open_transformer(const char *fname, int fail_if_not_compressed)
 {
diff --git a/archival/rpm.c b/archival/rpm.c
index f46d88b92..cca17da33 100644
--- a/archival/rpm.c
+++ b/archival/rpm.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #define TAG_DIRINDEXES          1116
 #define TAG_BASENAMES           1117
 #define TAG_DIRNAMES            1118
+#define TAG_PAYLOADCOMPRESSOR   1125
+
 
 #define RPMFILE_CONFIG          (1 << 0)
 #define RPMFILE_DOC             (1 << 1)
@@ -510,6 +512,7 @@ int rpm_main(int argc, char **argv)
 int rpm2cpio_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int rpm2cpio_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
+	const char *str;
 	int rpm_fd;
 
 	G.pagesize = getpagesize();
@@ -520,11 +523,17 @@ int rpm2cpio_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	//	/* We need to know whether child (gzip/bzip/etc) exits abnormally */
 	//	signal(SIGCHLD, check_errors_in_children);
 
-//TODO: look for rpm tag RPMTAG_PAYLOADCOMPRESSOR (dec 1125, hex 0x465),
-// if the value is "lzma", set up decompressor without detection
-// (lzma can't be detected).
+	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
+	 && (str = rpm_getstr0(TAG_PAYLOADCOMPRESSOR)) != NULL
+	 && strcmp(str, "lzma") == 0
+	) {
+		// lzma compression can't be detected
+		// set up decompressor without detection
+		setup_lzma_on_fd(rpm_fd);
+	} else {
+		setup_unzip_on_fd(rpm_fd, /*fail_if_not_compressed:*/ 1);
+	}
 
-	setup_unzip_on_fd(rpm_fd, /*fail_if_not_compressed:*/ 1);
 	if (bb_copyfd_eof(rpm_fd, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("error unpacking");
 
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 2eb1fef33..86ad0a057 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ unsigned bb_clk_tck(void) FAST_FUNC;
 
 #if SEAMLESS_COMPRESSION
 /* Autodetects gzip/bzip2 formats. fd may be in the middle of the file! */
-extern int setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed) FAST_FUNC;
+int setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed) FAST_FUNC;
 /* Autodetects .gz etc */
 extern int open_zipped(const char *fname, int fail_if_not_compressed) FAST_FUNC;
 extern void *xmalloc_open_zipped_read_close(const char *fname, size_t *maxsz_p) FAST_FUNC RETURNS_MALLOC;
@@ -872,6 +872,8 @@ extern void *xmalloc_open_zipped_read_close(const char *fname, size_t *maxsz_p)
 # define open_zipped(fname, fail_if_not_compressed)  open((fname), O_RDONLY);
 # define xmalloc_open_zipped_read_close(fname, maxsz_p) xmalloc_open_read_close((fname), (maxsz_p))
 #endif
+/* lzma has no signature, need a little helper. NB: exist only for ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA=y */
+void setup_lzma_on_fd(int fd) FAST_FUNC;
 
 extern ssize_t safe_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) FAST_FUNC;
 // NB: will return short write on error, not -1,