diff --git a/src/borg/compress.pyx b/src/borg/compress.pyx
index 9257ced0b..916167252 100644
--- a/src/borg/compress.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/compress.pyx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     lzma = None
 
-from .helpers import Buffer
+from .helpers import Buffer, DecompressionError
 
-API_VERSION = '1.1_01'
+API_VERSION = '1.1_02'
 
 cdef extern from "lz4.h":
     int LZ4_compress_limitedOutput(const char* source, char* dest, int inputSize, int maxOutputSize) nogil
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class LZ4(CompressorBase):
                 break
             if osize > 2 ** 30:
                 # this is insane, get out of here
-                raise Exception('lz4 decompress failed')
+                raise DecompressionError('lz4 decompress failed')
             # likely the buffer was too small, get a bigger one:
             osize = int(1.5 * osize)
         return dest[:rsize]
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ class LZMA(CompressorBase):
 
     def decompress(self, data):
         data = super().decompress(data)
-        return lzma.decompress(data)
+        try:
+            return lzma.decompress(data)
+        except lzma.LZMAError as e:
+            raise DecompressionError(str(e)) from None
 
 
 class ZLIB(CompressorBase):
@@ -167,7 +170,10 @@ class ZLIB(CompressorBase):
 
     def decompress(self, data):
         # note: for compatibility no super call, do not strip ID bytes
-        return zlib.decompress(data)
+        try:
+            return zlib.decompress(data)
+        except zlib.error as e:
+            raise DecompressionError(str(e)) from None
 
 
 COMPRESSOR_TABLE = {
diff --git a/src/borg/helpers.py b/src/borg/helpers.py
index 3c38d77d6..37adad23a 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers.py
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class IntegrityError(ErrorWithTraceback):
     """Data integrity error: {}"""
 
 
+class DecompressionError(IntegrityError):
+    """Decompression error: {}"""
+
+
 class ExtensionModuleError(Error):
     """The Borg binary extension modules do not seem to be properly installed"""
 
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ def check_extension_modules():
         raise ExtensionModuleError
     if chunker.API_VERSION != '1.1_01':
         raise ExtensionModuleError
-    if compress.API_VERSION != '1.1_01':
+    if compress.API_VERSION != '1.1_02':
         raise ExtensionModuleError
     if crypto.API_VERSION != '1.1_01':
         raise ExtensionModuleError
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index d2142a343..1bff8d5b3 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class ArchiverTestCaseBase(BaseTestCase):
         return output
 
     def create_src_archive(self, name):
-        self.cmd('create', '--compression=none', self.repository_location + '::' + name, src_dir)
+        self.cmd('create', '--compression=lz4', self.repository_location + '::' + name, src_dir)
 
     def open_archive(self, name):
         repository = Repository(self.repository_path, exclusive=True)