diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index ebc30d3..a7f0fe7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -45,8 +45,23 @@
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK_ATTEMPTONLY ?= ""
 TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME ?= "${SDK_NAME}-toolchain-${SDK_VERSION}"
 
+# Default archived SDK's suffix
+SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE ?= "tar.xz"
+
+# To support different sdk type according to SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE, now support zip and tar.xz
+python () {
+    if d.getVar('SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE') == 'zip':
+       d.setVar('SDK_ARCHIVE_DEPENDS', 'zip-native')
+       # SDK_ARCHIVE_CMD used to generate archived sdk ${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.${SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE} from input dir ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH} to output dir ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}
+       # recommand to cd into input dir first to avoid archive with buildpath
+       d.setVar('SDK_ARCHIVE_CMD', 'cd ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}; zip -r ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.${SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE} .')
+    else:
+       d.setVar('SDK_ARCHIVE_DEPENDS', 'xz-native')
+       d.setVar('SDK_ARCHIVE_CMD', 'cd ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}; tar ${SDKTAROPTS} -cf - . | xz -T 0 > ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.${SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE}')
+}
+
 SDK_RDEPENDS = "${TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK} ${TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK}"
-SDK_DEPENDS = "virtual/fakeroot-native xz-native cross-localedef-native nativesdk-qemuwrapper-cross ${@' '.join(["%s-qemuwrapper-cross" % m for m in d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS").split()])} qemuwrapper-cross"
+SDK_DEPENDS = "virtual/fakeroot-native ${SDK_ARCHIVE_DEPENDS} cross-localedef-native nativesdk-qemuwrapper-cross ${@' '.join(["%s-qemuwrapper-cross" % m for m in d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS").split()])} qemuwrapper-cross"
 PATH_prepend = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${SDKPATHNATIVE}${bindir}/crossscripts:${@":".join(all_multilib_tune_values(d, 'STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS').split())}:"
 SDK_DEPENDS_append_libc-glibc = " nativesdk-glibc-locale"
 
@@ -104,7 +119,7 @@
 POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND_append_task-populate-sdk  = " write_target_sdk_manifest ; "
 POPULATE_SDK_POST_HOST_COMMAND_append_task-populate-sdk = " write_host_sdk_manifest; "
 SDK_PACKAGING_COMMAND = "${@'${SDK_PACKAGING_FUNC};' if '${SDK_PACKAGING_FUNC}' else ''}"
-SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND = " create_sdk_files; check_sdk_sysroots; tar_sdk; ${SDK_PACKAGING_COMMAND} "
+SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND = " create_sdk_files; check_sdk_sysroots; archive_sdk; ${SDK_PACKAGING_COMMAND} "
 
 def populate_sdk_common(d):
     from oe.sdk import populate_sdk
@@ -222,11 +237,10 @@
 
 SDKTAROPTS = "--owner=root --group=root"
 
-fakeroot tar_sdk() {
+fakeroot archive_sdk() {
 	# Package it up
 	mkdir -p ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}
-	cd ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}
-	tar ${SDKTAROPTS} -cf - . | xz ${XZ_DEFAULTS} > ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.tar.xz
+	${SDK_ARCHIVE_CMD}
 }
 
 TOOLCHAIN_SHAR_EXT_TMPL ?= "${COREBASE}/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh"
@@ -263,16 +277,17 @@
 		-e '/@SDK_PRE_INSTALL_COMMAND@/d' \
 		-e '/@SDK_POST_INSTALL_COMMAND@/d' \
 		-e 's#@SDK_GCC_VER@#${@oe.utils.host_gcc_version(d, taskcontextonly=True)}#g' \
+		-e 's#@SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE@#${SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE}#g' \
 		${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.sh
 
 	# add execution permission
 	chmod +x ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.sh
 
 	# append the SDK tarball
-	cat ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.tar.xz >> ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.sh
+	cat ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.${SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE} >> ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.sh
 
 	# delete the old tarball, we don't need it anymore
-	rm ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.tar.xz
+	rm ${SDKDEPLOYDIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME}.${SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE}
 }
 
 populate_sdk_log_check() {