diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4af25c6..9405831 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT MINGW)
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_AUTOREQ YES)
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "MPL-2.0")
     set(CPACK_RPM_CHANGELOG_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/changelog")
+    if (NOT APPLE)
+        add_custom_command(
+            OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz"
+            COMMAND gzip -c -k -9 "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/changelog" > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/changelog"
+            COMMENT "Compressing the changelog file"
+        )
+        add_custom_target(changelog ALL DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz")
+        string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}" DEB_CHANGELOG_DEST_DIR) # Lowercase characters are needed because GNUInstallDirs uses the PROJECT_NAME variable.
+        install(
+            FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz"
+            DESTINATION ${DEB_CHANGELOG_DEST_DIR}
+        )
+    endif()
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE ${TIME})
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DIST ON)