diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/upx.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/upx.sh.in
index ec40b2e2..49104658 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/upx.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/upx.sh.in
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ tidy_upx() {
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Compressing binaries with %s...")" "UPX"
 		local binary
 		find . -type f -perm -u+w 2>/dev/null | while read -r binary ; do
-			if [[ $(file --brief --mime-type "$binary") = 'application/x-executable' ]]; then
-				upx "${UPXFLAGS[@]}" "$binary" &>/dev/null ||
+			case "$(file --brief --mime-type "$binary")" in
+				'application/x-executable' | 'application/x-dosexec')
+					upx "${UPXFLAGS[@]}" "$binary" &>/dev/null ||
 						warning "$(gettext "Could not compress binary : %s")" "${binary/$pkgdir\//}"
-			fi
+					;;
+			esac
 		done
 	fi
 }