diff --git a/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml b/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
index 3ef559328..cec2562f4 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 - name: Create temporary HTML archive file
   tempfile:
     state: file
-    suffix: ".tar.bz2"
+    suffix: ".tar.gz"
   register: html_archive
 
 - name: Archive HTML
-  command: "tar -f {{ html_archive.path }} -C {{ zuul_work_dir }}/{{ sphinx_build_dir }}/html --exclude=.doctrees -cj ."
+  command: "tar -f {{ html_archive.path }} -C {{ zuul_work_dir }}/{{ sphinx_build_dir }}/html --exclude=.doctrees -cz ."
   args:
     warn: false
 
 - name: Fetch archive HTML
   synchronize:
-    dest: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs-html.tar.bz2"
+    dest: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs-html.tar.gz"
     mode: pull
     src: "{{ html_archive.path }}"
     verify_host: true
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 - name: Extract archive HTML
   delegate_to: localhost
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs-html.tar.bz2"
+    src: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs-html.tar.gz"
     dest: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs"
 
 - name: Return artifact to Zuul
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       zuul:
         artifacts:
           - name: "Docs archive"
-            url: "docs-html.tar.bz2"
+            url: "docs-html.tar.gz"
             metadata:
               type: docs_archive
           - name: "Docs preview site"
diff --git a/zuul-tests.d/python-jobs.yaml b/zuul-tests.d/python-jobs.yaml
index da0b5f90d..eb213c82e 100644
--- a/zuul-tests.d/python-jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul-tests.d/python-jobs.yaml
@@ -226,6 +226,118 @@
         - name: ubuntu-xenial
           label: ubuntu-xenial
 
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role
+    # parenting on tox-docs as we need builded docs first and also this is
+    # the main use-case for this role
+    parent: tox-docs
+    success-url: docs/
+    files:
+      - roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/.*
+    tags: all-platforms
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-centos-7
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on centos-7
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: centos-7
+          label: centos-7
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-centos-8
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on centos-8
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: centos-8
+          label: centos-8
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-debian-stretch
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on debian-stretch
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: debian-stretch
+          label: debian-stretch
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-fedora-31
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on fedora-31
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: fedora-31
+          label: fedora-31
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-gentoo-17-0-systemd
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on gentoo-17-0-systemd
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: gentoo-17-0-systemd
+          label: gentoo-17-0-systemd
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-opensuse-15
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on opensuse-15
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: opensuse-15
+          label: opensuse-15
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-opensuse-tumbleweed-nv
+    voting: false
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on opensuse-tumbleweed
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: opensuse-tumbleweed
+          label: opensuse-tumbleweed
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-bionic
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on ubuntu-bionic
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: ubuntu-bionic
+          label: ubuntu-bionic
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-bionic-plain
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on ubuntu-bionic-plain
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: ubuntu-bionic-plain
+          label: ubuntu-bionic-plain
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-xenial
+    description: Test the fetch-sphinx-tarball role on ubuntu-xenial
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: ubuntu-xenial
+          label: ubuntu-xenial
+
 - job:
     name: zuul-jobs-test-tox-siblings
     description: Test the tox role's sibling functionality
@@ -309,6 +421,16 @@
         - zuul-jobs-test-ensure-tox-ubuntu-bionic
         - zuul-jobs-test-ensure-tox-ubuntu-bionic-plain
         - zuul-jobs-test-ensure-tox-ubuntu-xenial
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-centos-7
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-centos-8
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-debian-stretch
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-fedora-31
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-gentoo-17-0-systemd
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-opensuse-15
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-opensuse-tumbleweed-nv
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-bionic
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-bionic-plain
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-xenial
         - zuul-jobs-test-tox-siblings
         - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-tox-output
         - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-tox-output-synchronize
@@ -335,6 +457,15 @@
         - zuul-jobs-test-ensure-tox-ubuntu-bionic
         - zuul-jobs-test-ensure-tox-ubuntu-bionic-plain
         - zuul-jobs-test-ensure-tox-ubuntu-xenial
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-centos-7
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-centos-8
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-debian-stretch
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-fedora-31
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-gentoo-17-0-systemd
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-opensuse-15
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-bionic
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-bionic-plain
+        - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-sphinx-tarball-ubuntu-xenial
         - zuul-jobs-test-tox-siblings
         - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-tox-output
         - zuul-jobs-test-fetch-tox-output-synchronize