diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
index 29f7630ff7..eda3d068af 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     has_bz2 = False
 
+try:
+    import lzma
+    has_lzma = True
+except ImportError:
+    has_lzma = False
+
 READ_STDIN = '-'
 
 
@@ -97,6 +103,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         }
         if has_bz2:
             self.compression_formats['bz2'] = (bz2.BZ2File, 'r')
+        if has_lzma:
+            self.compression_formats['lzma'] = (lzma.LZMAFile, 'r')
+            self.compression_formats['xz'] = (lzma.LZMAFile, 'r')
 
         # Django's test suite repeatedly tries to load initial_data fixtures
         # from apps that don't have any fixtures. Because disabling constraint
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 329cb72215..4cd477b7a8 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -599,13 +599,14 @@ The :djadmin:`dumpdata` command can be used to generate input for ``loaddata``.
 Compressed fixtures
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Fixtures may be compressed in ``zip``, ``gz``, or ``bz2`` format. For example::
+Fixtures may be compressed in ``zip``, ``gz``, ``bz2``, ``lzma``, or ``xz``
+format. For example::
 
     django-admin loaddata mydata.json
 
-would look for any of ``mydata.json``, ``mydata.json.zip``,
-``mydata.json.gz``, or ``mydata.json.bz2``. The first file contained within a
-zip-compressed archive is used.
+would look for any of ``mydata.json``, ``mydata.json.zip``, ``mydata.json.gz``,
+``mydata.json.bz2``, ``mydata.json.lzma``, or ``mydata.json.xz``. The first
+file contained within a compressed archive is used.
 
 Note that if two fixtures with the same name but different
 fixture type are discovered (for example, if ``mydata.json`` and
@@ -619,6 +620,10 @@ installation will be aborted, and any data installed in the call to
     constraints, so if you use MyISAM, you won't get validation of fixture
     data, or a rollback if multiple transaction files are found.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.2
+
+    Support for XZ archives (``.xz``) and LZMA archives (``.lzma``) was added.
+
 Database-specific fixtures
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.txt b/docs/releases/3.2.txt
index 18b1df2836..4ba20c4c09 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ Logging
 Management Commands
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* :djadmin:`loaddata` now supports fixtures stored in XZ archives (``.xz``) and
+  LZMA archives (``.lzma``).
 
 Migrations
 ~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fixtures/fixture5.json.lzma b/tests/fixtures/fixtures/fixture5.json.lzma
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a41fdaa82f
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/fixtures/fixture5.json.lzma differ
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fixtures/fixture5.json.xz b/tests/fixtures/fixtures/fixture5.json.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af2e82d5c1
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/fixtures/fixture5.json.xz differ
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/tests.py b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
index d46bf65c97..ac96c48734 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/tests.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     HAS_BZ2 = False
 
+try:
+    import lzma  # NOQA
+    HAS_LZMA = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_LZMA = False
+
 
 class TestCaseFixtureLoadingTests(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['fixture1.json', 'fixture2.json']
@@ -558,6 +564,20 @@ class FixtureLoadingTests(DumpDataAssertMixin, TestCase):
             '<Article: WoW subscribers now outnumber readers>',
         ])
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(HAS_LZMA, 'No lzma library detected.')
+    def test_compressed_loading_lzma(self):
+        management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture5.json.lzma', verbosity=0)
+        self.assertQuerysetEqual(Article.objects.all(), [
+            '<Article: WoW subscribers now outnumber readers>',
+        ])
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(HAS_LZMA, 'No lzma library detected.')
+    def test_compressed_loading_xz(self):
+        management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture5.json.xz', verbosity=0)
+        self.assertQuerysetEqual(Article.objects.all(), [
+            '<Article: WoW subscribers now outnumber readers>',
+        ])
+
     def test_ambiguous_compressed_fixture(self):
         # The name "fixture5" is ambiguous, so loading raises an error.
         msg = "Multiple fixtures named 'fixture5'"