diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ AC_DEFINE([_GNU_SOURCE], [1])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG(0.17.2)
 
 
-PKGCONFIG_OHNOWRAP([DISTLIBS], [libconfuse >= 2.5 libcurl libxml-2.0 liblist >= 2.2.1])
+PKGCONFIG_OHNOWRAP([DISTLIBS], [libconfuse >= 2.5 libcurl libxml-2.0 liblist >= 2.2.1 libarchive >= 2.8.0 ])
 AX_LIB_MYSQL
 AS_IF( [test "x${MYSQL_VERSION}" = "x"],
 	[ AC_MSG_ERROR([I need mysql]) ] )