diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named b/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named
index 795c18c0f048..daedac037474 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ fi
 catmsgs() {
 	find /var/log -name 'messages.*' -mtime -2 |
 	    sort -t. -r -n -k 2,2 |
-	    xargs zcat -f
+	    while read f
+	    do
+		case $f in
+		    *.gz)	zcat -f $f;;
+		    *.bz2)	bzcat -f $f;;
+		esac
+	    done
 	[ -f /var/log/messages ] && cat /var/log/messages
 }
 
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail b/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail
index c0ecaeb85825..dd02a4e4e791 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/800.loginfail
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ yesterday=`date -v-1d "+%b %e "`
 catmsgs() {
 	find ${LOG} -name 'auth.log.*' -mtime -2 |
 	    sort -t. -r -n -k 2,2 |
-	    xargs zcat -f
+	    while read f
+	    do
+		case $f in
+		    *.gz)	zcat -f $f;;
+		    *.bz2)	bzcat -f $f;;
+		esac
+	    done
 	[ -f ${LOG}/auth.log ] && cat $LOG/auth.log
 }
 
diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap b/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap
index cad9fae2afad..55f77099bb7c 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/900.tcpwrap
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ yesterday=`date -v-1d "+%b %e "`
 catmsgs() {
 	find ${LOG} -name 'messages.*' -mtime -2 |
 	    sort -t. -r -n -k 2,2 |
-	    xargs zcat -f
+	    while read f
+	    do
+		case $f in
+		    *.gz)	zcat -f $f;;
+		    *.bz2)	bzcat -f $f;;
+		esac
+	    done
 	[ -f ${LOG}/messages ] && cat $LOG/messages
 }