diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cd0d0657..74df7b4a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ AS_IF([ test x$with_libarchive != xno ], [
     AS_IF([ test x$have_libarchive = xyes], [
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBARCHIVE, 1, [Define if we have libarchive.pc])
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OT_DEP_LIBARCHIVE, $LIBARCHIVE_DEPENDENCY)
+        save_LIBS=$LIBS
+        LIBS=$OT_DEP_LIBARCHIVE_LIBS
+        AC_CHECK_FUNCS(archive_read_support_filter_all)
+        LIBS=$save_LIBS
 	with_libarchive=yes
     ], [
 	with_libarchive=no
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-libarchive.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-libarchive.c
index e06092a4..7c0348e9 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-libarchive.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-libarchive.c
@@ -305,7 +305,11 @@ ostree_repo_stage_archive_to_mtree (OstreeRepo                *self,
   gs_free guchar *tmp_csum = NULL;
 
   a = archive_read_new ();
+#ifdef HAVE_ARCHIVE_READ_SUPPORT_FILTER_ALL
+  archive_read_support_filter_all (a);
+#else
   archive_read_support_compression_all (a);
+#endif
   archive_read_support_format_all (a);
   if (archive_read_open_filename (a, gs_file_get_path_cached (archive_f), 8192) != ARCHIVE_OK)
     {