diff --git a/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk b/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk
index d9ebf4c73d..e9dd367ce9 100644
--- a/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk
+++ b/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ E2FSPROGS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # This prevents overriding them with e2fsprogs' ones, which may cause
 # problems for other packages.
 E2FSPROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf util-linux
-HOST_E2FSPROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-util-linux
+HOST_E2FSPROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-libarchive host-pkgconf host-util-linux
 
 E2FSPROGS_SELINUX_MODULES = fstools
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ HOST_E2FSPROGS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-symlink-install \
 	--enable-elf-shlibs \
 	--with-crond-dir=no \
+	--with-libarchive=yes \
 	--with-udev-rules-dir=no \
 	--with-systemd-unit-dir=no