--- a/src/lxc/cmd/lxc-checkconfig.in
+++ b/src/lxc/cmd/lxc-checkconfig.in
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ export LANGUAGE=en
 # Allow environment variables to override config
 : "${CONFIG:=/proc/config.gz}"
 : "${MODNAME:=configs}"
+: ${ZGREP:=zgrep}
+: ${GUNZIP:=gunzip}
+
+if [ -z $(command -v $ZGREP) ] && ! [ -z $(command -v $GUNZIP) ] && [ -x $(command -v $GUNZIP) ] &&  [ -f $CONFIG ] && [ "$CONFIG" == "/proc/config.gz" ] ; then
+  CONFIG_NEW="/tmp/config-$(uname -r)"
+  $GUNZIP -c $CONFIG > $CONFIG_NEW
+  CONFIG=$CONFIG_NEW
+
+  GREP=grep
+fi
 
 GREP="grep"