diff --git a/bin/xbps-rindex/defs.h b/bin/xbps-rindex/defs.h
index c9a04955..74e78218 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-rindex/defs.h
+++ b/bin/xbps-rindex/defs.h
@@ -45,4 +45,36 @@ int	remove_obsoletes(struct xbps_handle *, const char *);
 int	repodata_flush(struct xbps_handle *, const char *,
 		xbps_dictionary_t, xbps_dictionary_t);
 
+/* libarchive compat */
+#if ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER >= 3000000
+
+#define archive_read_support_compression_gzip(x) \
+	archive_read_support_filter_gzip(x)
+
+#define archive_read_support_compression_bzip2(x) \
+	archive_read_support_filter_bzip2(x)
+
+#define archive_read_support_compression_xz(x) \
+	archive_read_support_filter_xz(x)
+
+#define archive_write_set_compression_gzip(x) \
+	archive_write_add_filter_gzip(x)
+
+#define archive_write_set_compression_bzip2(x) \
+	archive_write_add_filter_bzip2(x)
+
+#define archive_write_set_compression_xz(x) \
+	archive_write_add_filter_xz(x)
+
+#define archive_read_finish(x) \
+	archive_read_free(x)
+
+#define archive_write_finish(x) \
+	archive_write_free(x)
+
+#define archive_compression_name(x) \
+	archive_filter_name(x, 0)
+
+#endif
+
 #endif /* !_XBPS_RINDEX_DEFS_H_ */
diff --git a/bin/xbps-rindex/repoflush.c b/bin/xbps-rindex/repoflush.c
index e23de41f..7d243611 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-rindex/repoflush.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-rindex/repoflush.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ repodata_flush(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *repodir,
 	/* Create and write our repository archive */
 	ar = archive_write_new();
 	assert(ar);
-	archive_write_support_compression_gzip(ar);
+	archive_write_set_compression_gzip(ar);
 	archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted(ar);
 	archive_write_set_options(ar, "compression-level=9");
 	archive_write_open_fd(ar, repofd);
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ef091c86..817acf47 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ fi
 #
 # libarchive >= 2.8.0 with pkg-config support is required.
 #
-printf "Checking for libarchive >= 3.0.2 via pkg-config ... "
-if ! $PKGCONFIG_BIN --atleast-version=3.0.2 libarchive; then
+printf "Checking for libarchive >= 2.8.0 via pkg-config ... "
+if ! $PKGCONFIG_BIN --atleast-version=2.8.0 libarchive; then
 	echo "libarchive.pc file not found, exiting."
 	exit 1
 else
diff --git a/include/xbps_api_impl.h b/include/xbps_api_impl.h
index 556381ea..08b5d0fb 100644
--- a/include/xbps_api_impl.h
+++ b/include/xbps_api_impl.h
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@
 #define archive_read_support_compression_xz(x) \
 	archive_read_support_filter_xz(x)
 
-#define archive_write_support_compression_gzip(x) \
+#define archive_write_set_compression_gzip(x) \
 	archive_write_add_filter_gzip(x)
 
-#define archive_write_support_compression_bzip2(x) \
+#define archive_write_set_compression_bzip2(x) \
 	archive_write_add_filter_bzip2(x)
 
-#define archive_write_support_compression_xz(x) \
+#define archive_write_set_compression_xz(x) \
 	archive_write_add_filter_xz(x)
 
 #define archive_read_finish(x) \