diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 827fdfc8cfe..08f322117f5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1190,36 +1190,38 @@ want_xz = get_option('xz')
 if want_xz != 'false' and not skip_deps
         libxz = dependency('liblzma',
                            required : want_xz == 'true')
-        have = libxz.found()
+        have_xz = libxz.found()
 else
-        have = false
+        have_xz = false
         libxz = []
 endif
-conf.set10('HAVE_XZ', have)
+conf.set10('HAVE_XZ', have_xz)
 
 want_lz4 = get_option('lz4')
 if want_lz4 != 'false' and not skip_deps
         liblz4 = dependency('liblz4',
                             version : '>= 1.3.0',
                             required : want_lz4 == 'true')
-        have = liblz4.found()
+        have_lz4 = liblz4.found()
 else
-        have = false
+        have_lz4 = false
         liblz4 = []
 endif
-conf.set10('HAVE_LZ4', have)
+conf.set10('HAVE_LZ4', have_lz4)
 
 want_zstd = get_option('zstd')
 if want_zstd != 'false' and not skip_deps
         libzstd = dependency('libzstd',
                              required : want_zstd == 'true',
                              version : '>= 1.4.0')
-        have = libzstd.found()
+        have_zstd = libzstd.found()
 else
-        have = false
+        have_zstd = false
         libzstd = []
 endif
-conf.set10('HAVE_ZSTD', have)
+conf.set10('HAVE_ZSTD', have_zstd)
+
+conf.set10('HAVE_COMPRESSION', have_xz or have_lz4 or have_zstd)
 
 want_xkbcommon = get_option('xkbcommon')
 if want_xkbcommon != 'false' and not skip_deps
diff --git a/src/coredump/coredump.c b/src/coredump/coredump.c
index d156d98efcd..1a41f260499 100644
--- a/src/coredump/coredump.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static int save_external_coredump(
                 goto fail;
         }
 
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
         /* If we will remove the coredump anyway, do not compress. */
         if (arg_compress && !maybe_remove_external_coredump(NULL, st.st_size)) {
 
diff --git a/src/coredump/coredumpctl.c b/src/coredump/coredumpctl.c
index eceb7927afa..c68fc6b4c99 100644
--- a/src/coredump/coredumpctl.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredumpctl.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static int save_core(sd_journal *j, FILE *file, char **path, bool *unlink_temp)
         }
 
         if (filename) {
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
                 _cleanup_close_ int fdf;
 
                 fdf = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-file.c b/src/journal/journal-file.c
index ec2006bca23..9a08de1ba41 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-file.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-file.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ JournalFile* journal_file_close(JournalFile *f) {
 
         ordered_hashmap_free_free(f->chain_cache);
 
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
         free(f->compress_buffer);
 #endif
 
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ int journal_file_find_data_object_with_hash(
                         goto next;
 
                 if (o->object.flags & OBJECT_COMPRESSION_MASK) {
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
                         uint64_t l;
                         size_t rsize = 0;
 
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ static int journal_file_append_data(
 
         o->data.hash = htole64(hash);
 
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
         if (JOURNAL_FILE_COMPRESS(f) && size >= f->compress_threshold_bytes) {
                 size_t rsize = 0;
 
@@ -3852,7 +3852,7 @@ int journal_file_copy_entry(JournalFile *from, JournalFile *to, Object *o, uint6
                         return -E2BIG;
 
                 if (o->object.flags & OBJECT_COMPRESSION_MASK) {
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
                         size_t rsize = 0;
 
                         r = decompress_blob(o->object.flags & OBJECT_COMPRESSION_MASK,
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-file.h b/src/journal/journal-file.h
index 37447e25e8d..f80bf5d26b1 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-file.h
+++ b/src/journal/journal-file.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ typedef struct JournalFile {
         unsigned last_seen_generation;
 
         uint64_t compress_threshold_bytes;
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
         void *compress_buffer;
         size_t compress_buffer_size;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
index c9b75cc5ee4..853dd0c28b7 100644
--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_get_data(sd_journal *j, const char *field, const void **
 
                 compression = o->object.flags & OBJECT_COMPRESSION_MASK;
                 if (compression) {
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
                         r = decompress_startswith(compression,
                                                   o->data.payload, l,
                                                   &f->compress_buffer, &f->compress_buffer_size,
@@ -2394,7 +2394,7 @@ static int return_data(sd_journal *j, JournalFile *f, Object *o, const void **da
 
         compression = o->object.flags & OBJECT_COMPRESSION_MASK;
         if (compression) {
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
                 size_t rsize;
                 int r;
 
diff --git a/src/journal/test-compress-benchmark.c b/src/journal/test-compress-benchmark.c
index 1f9de5f7f68..35823a8da5e 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-compress-benchmark.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-compress-benchmark.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ typedef int (compress_t)(const void *src, uint64_t src_size, void *dst,
 typedef int (decompress_t)(const void *src, uint64_t src_size,
                            void **dst, size_t *dst_alloc_size, size_t* dst_size, size_t dst_max);
 
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
 
 static usec_t arg_duration;
 static size_t arg_start;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void test_compress_decompress(const char* label, const char* type,
 #endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
         test_setup_logging(LOG_INFO);
 
         if (argc >= 2) {
diff --git a/src/journal/test-compress.c b/src/journal/test-compress.c
index d34b3c6750f..0990f7604d5 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-compress.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-compress.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ typedef int (decompress_sw_t)(const void *src, uint64_t src_size,
 typedef int (compress_stream_t)(int fdf, int fdt, uint64_t max_bytes);
 typedef int (decompress_stream_t)(int fdf, int fdt, uint64_t max_size);
 
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
 _unused_ static void test_compress_decompress(const char *compression,
                                               compress_blob_t compress,
                                               decompress_blob_t decompress,
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static void test_lz4_decompress_partial(void) {
 #endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
         _unused_ const char text[] =
                 "text\0foofoofoofoo AAAA aaaaaaaaa ghost busters barbarbar FFF"
                 "foofoofoofoo AAAA aaaaaaaaa ghost busters barbarbar FFF";
diff --git a/src/journal/test-journal.c b/src/journal/test-journal.c
index c5596649ab5..5850bb8eaa3 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-journal.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void test_empty(void) {
         (void) journal_file_close(f4);
 }
 
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
 static bool check_compressed(uint64_t compress_threshold, uint64_t data_size) {
         dual_timestamp ts;
         JournalFile *f;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         test_non_empty();
         test_empty();
-#if HAVE_XZ || HAVE_LZ4 || HAVE_ZSTD
+#if HAVE_COMPRESSION
         test_min_compress_size();
 #endif