diff --git a/src/read/lzma.rs b/src/read/lzma.rs
index 0b29b7615..e47209143 100644
--- a/src/read/lzma.rs
+++ b/src/read/lzma.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use lzma_rs::decompress::{Options, Stream, UnpackedSize};
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
-use std::io::{Read, Result, Write};
-
-const COMPRESSED_BYTES_TO_BUFFER: usize = 4096;
+use std::io::{BufRead, Read, Result, Write};
 
 const OPTIONS: Options = Options {
     unpacked_size: UnpackedSize::ReadFromHeader,
@@ -29,17 +27,15 @@ impl<R: Read> LzmaDecoder<R> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<R: Read> Read for LzmaDecoder<R> {
+impl<R: BufRead> Read for LzmaDecoder<R> {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
         let mut bytes_read = self.stream.get_output_mut().unwrap().read(buf)?;
         while bytes_read < buf.len() {
-            let mut next_compressed = [0u8; COMPRESSED_BYTES_TO_BUFFER];
-            let compressed_bytes_read = self.compressed_reader.read(&mut next_compressed)?;
-            if compressed_bytes_read == 0 {
+            let compressed_bytes = self.compressed_reader.fill_buf()?;
+            if compressed_bytes.is_empty() {
                 break;
             }
-            self.stream
-                .write_all(&next_compressed[..compressed_bytes_read])?;
+            self.stream.write_all(compressed_bytes)?;
             bytes_read += self
                 .stream
                 .get_output_mut()