diff --git a/.local/bin/etc/vifm/vifm_compress b/.local/bin/etc/vifm/vifm_compress
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..39b99a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/etc/vifm/vifm_compress
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../tools/compress
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.local/bin/tools/compress b/.local/bin/tools/compress
index 94d9d93..466a238 100755
--- a/.local/bin/tools/compress
+++ b/.local/bin/tools/compress
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 if [ -e $1 ] ; then
     case $2 in
-        7z)     7z a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on $1.7z ;;
+        7z)     7z a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on $1.7z $1 ;;
         *)      echo "don't know how to compress '$1' in '$2'..." ;;
     esac
 else