diff --git a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
index 94f974e7d1..20863f9ba9 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
+++ b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ else
 LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --without-xml2
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LZ4),y)
+LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --with-lz4
+LIBARCHIVE_DEPENDENCIES += lz4
+else
+LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --without-lz4
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LZO),y)
 LIBARCHIVE_DEPENDENCIES += lzo
 else
@@ -131,6 +138,7 @@ HOST_LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-expat \
 	--without-libiconv-prefix \
 	--without-xml2 \
+	--without-lz4 \
 	--without-lzo2 \
 	--without-mbedtls \
 	--without-nettle \