diff --git a/common/options.description b/common/options.description
index 1b2a0af229c..5bc7edfb12b 100644
--- a/common/options.description
+++ b/common/options.description
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ desc_option_ldns="Enable support for LDNS DNSSEC library"
 desc_option_libao="Enable support for libao sound library"
 desc_option_libedit="Enable support for NetBSD's libedit"
 desc_option_lua="Enable support for Lua"
+desc_option_lz4="Enable support for LZ4 compression format"
 desc_option_lzo="Enable support for LZO compression format"
 desc_option_microhttpd="Enable support for microhttpd"
 desc_option_mpcdec="Enable support for the Musepack decoder"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index dc7c4650981..c8e27d4f960 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'libarchive'
 pkgname=libarchive
 version=3.2.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="$(vopt_enable acl) $(vopt_enable acl xattr)
- $(vopt_with expat) $(vopt_with lzo lzo2) $(vopt_with ssl openssl)
- --without-xml2 --without-nettle --disable-rpath ac_cv_func_lchmod=no"
+ $(vopt_with expat) $(vopt_with lzo lzo2) $(vopt_with lz4)
+ $(vopt_with ssl openssl) --without-xml2 --without-nettle
+ --disable-rpath ac_cv_func_lchmod=no"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel liblzma-devel
  $(vopt_if acl acl-devel) $(vopt_if expat expat-devel)
- $(vopt_if lzo lzo-devel) $(vopt_if ssl libressl-devel)"
+ $(vopt_if lzo lzo-devel) $(vopt_if lz4 lz4-devel) $(vopt_if ssl libressl-devel)"
 short_desc="Library to read/write several different streaming archive formats"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.libarchive.org/"
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ distfiles="http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=72ee1a4e3fd534525f13a0ba1aa7b05b203d186e0c6072a8a4738649d0b3cfd2
 
 # Package build options
-build_options="acl expat lzo ssl"
+build_options="acl expat lzo lz4 ssl"
 # Enable acl and ssl by default.
 build_options_default="acl ssl"