diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/ostree/ostree.bb b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/ostree/ostree.bb
index 71aa801c..1f20f624 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/ostree/ostree.bb
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/ostree/ostree.bb
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=97285cb818cf231e6a36f72c82592235"
 SRC_URI = "file:///src/ostree"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ostree"
 
+RDEPENDS += "libarchive"
+
 inherit autotools
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-soup-gnome"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-soup-gnome --with-libarchive"
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/ostree/ ${libdir}/ostbuild"