diff --git a/srcpkgs/xar/patches/ext2.patch b/srcpkgs/xar/patches/ext2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a13d4e7ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xar/patches/ext2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- lib/ext2.c.orig
++++ lib/ext2.c
+@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@
+ 	if(! (flags & ~EXT2_NOCOMPR_FL) )
+ 		x_addprop(f, "NoCompBlock");
+ #endif
++#ifdef EXT2_ECOMPR_FL
+ 	if(! (flags & ~EXT2_ECOMPR_FL) )
+ 		x_addprop(f, "CompError");
++#endif
+ 	if(! (flags & ~EXT2_BTREE_FL) )
+ 		x_addprop(f, "BTree");
+ 	if(! (flags & ~EXT2_INDEX_FL) )
+@@ -225,8 +227,10 @@
+ 	if( e2prop_get(f, "NoCompBlock", (char **)&tmp) == 0 )
+ 		flags |= EXT2_NOCOMPR_FL ;
+ #endif
++#ifdef EXT2_ECOMPR_FL
+ 	if( e2prop_get(f, "CompError", (char **)&tmp) == 0 )
+ 		flags |= EXT2_ECOMPR_FL ;
++#endif
+ 	if( e2prop_get(f, "BTree", (char **)&tmp) == 0 )
+ 		flags |= EXT2_BTREE_FL ;
+ 	if( e2prop_get(f, "HashIndexed", (char **)&tmp) == 0 )
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xar/template b/srcpkgs/xar/template
index 175a1c400b7..3393c0478d5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xar/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xar'
 pkgname=xar
 version=1.5.2
-revision=9
+revision=10
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="ac_cv_sizeof_uid_t=4"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel e2fsprogs-devel acl-devel libxml2-devel libressl-devel"