diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index e0eccfe..a50879f 100644
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ nvm_get_checksum() {
     SHASUMS_URL="${MIRROR}/${3}/SHASUMS.txt"
   fi
 
-  nvm_download -L -s "${SHASUMS_URL}" -o - | command awk "{ if (\"${4}.tar.${5}\" == \$2) print \$1}"
+  nvm_download -L -s "${SHASUMS_URL}" -o - | command awk "{ if (\"${4}.${5}\" == \$2) print \$1}"
 }
 
 nvm_print_versions() {
@@ -1983,6 +1983,22 @@ nvm_get_download_slug() {
   fi
 }
 
+nvm_get_artifact_compression() {
+  local VERSION
+  VERSION="${1-}"
+
+  local NVM_OS
+  NVM_OS="$(nvm_get_os)"
+
+  local COMPRESSION
+  COMPRESSION='tar.gz'
+  if nvm_supports_xz "${VERSION}"; then
+    COMPRESSION='tar.xz'
+  fi
+
+  nvm_echo "${COMPRESSION}"
+}
+
 # args: flavor, kind, type, version
 nvm_download_artifact() {
   local FLAVOR
@@ -2029,10 +2045,7 @@ nvm_download_artifact() {
   SLUG="$(nvm_get_download_slug "${FLAVOR}" "${KIND}" "${VERSION}")"
 
   local COMPRESSION
-  COMPRESSION='gz'
-  if nvm_supports_xz "${VERSION}"; then
-    COMPRESSION='xz'
-  fi
+  COMPRESSION="$(nvm_get_artifact_compression "${VERSION}")"
 
   local CHECKSUM
   CHECKSUM="$(nvm_get_checksum "${FLAVOR}" "${TYPE}" "${VERSION}" "${SLUG}" "${COMPRESSION}")"
@@ -2049,13 +2062,13 @@ nvm_download_artifact() {
   )
 
   local TARBALL
-  TARBALL="${tmpdir}/${SLUG}.tar.${COMPRESSION}"
+  TARBALL="${tmpdir}/${SLUG}.${COMPRESSION}"
   local TARBALL_URL
   if nvm_version_greater_than_or_equal_to "${VERSION}" 0.1.14; then
-    TARBALL_URL="${MIRROR}/${VERSION}/${SLUG}.tar.${COMPRESSION}"
+    TARBALL_URL="${MIRROR}/${VERSION}/${SLUG}.${COMPRESSION}"
   else
     # node <= 0.1.13 does not have a directory
-    TARBALL_URL="${MIRROR}/${SLUG}.tar.${COMPRESSION}"
+    TARBALL_URL="${MIRROR}/${SLUG}.${COMPRESSION}"
   fi
 
   if [ -r "${TARBALL}" ]; then
@@ -3944,6 +3957,7 @@ nvm() {
         nvm_npmrc_bad_news_bears \
         nvm_get_colors nvm_set_colors nvm_print_color_code nvm_format_help_message_colors \
         nvm_echo_with_colors nvm_err_with_colors \
+        nvm_get_artifact_compression \
         >/dev/null 2>&1
       unset NVM_RC_VERSION NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR NVM_DIR \
         NVM_CD_FLAGS NVM_BIN NVM_INC NVM_MAKE_JOBS \
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_artifact_compression b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_artifact_compression
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ed7a180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_artifact_compression	
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cleanup () {
+  unset -f die cleanup
+}
+die () { echo "$@" ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
+
+\. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+# nvm_get_artifact_compression by default
+[ "$(nvm_get_artifact_compression)" = 'tar.gz' ] || die 'nvm_get_artifact_compression should return "tar.gz" by default'
+
+# nvm_get_artifact_compression with xz
+[ "$(nvm_get_artifact_compression "14.0.0")" = 'tar.xz' ] || die 'nvm_get_artifact_compression should return "tar.xz" for this version'
+
+cleanup
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_checksum b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_checksum
index 53e6839..975a3e6 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_checksum	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_checksum	
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ nvm_download() {
 nvm_get_checksum_alg() {
   echo 'sha-256'
 }
-OUTPUT="$(nvm_get_checksum node std foo bar baz)"
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_get_checksum node std foo bar tar.baz)"
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT="mirror-node-std/foo/SHASUMS256.txt"
 [ "${OUTPUT}" = "${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}" ] || die "expected >${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}<, got >${OUTPUT}<"
 
 nvm_get_checksum_alg() {
   echo 'sha-1'
 }
-OUTPUT="$(nvm_get_checksum iojs std foo bar baz)"
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_get_checksum iojs std foo bar tar.baz)"
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT="mirror-iojs-std/foo/SHASUMS.txt"
 [ "${OUTPUT}" = "${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}" ] || die "expected >${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}<, got >${OUTPUT}<"