diff --git a/bin/xbps-rindex/repoflush.c b/bin/xbps-rindex/repoflush.c
index ba605e8d..e23de41f 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_add_filter_gzip(ar);
+	archive_write_support_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/include/xbps_api_impl.h b/include/xbps_api_impl.h
index 4b701996..556381ea 100644
--- a/include/xbps_api_impl.h
+++ b/include/xbps_api_impl.h
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@
 #define archive_read_support_compression_xz(x) \
 	archive_read_support_filter_xz(x)
 
+#define archive_write_support_compression_gzip(x) \
+	archive_write_add_filter_gzip(x)
+
+#define archive_write_support_compression_bzip2(x) \
+	archive_write_add_filter_bzip2(x)
+
+#define archive_write_support_compression_xz(x) \
+	archive_write_add_filter_xz(x)
+
 #define archive_read_finish(x) \
 	archive_read_free(x)
 
diff --git a/lib/repo.c b/lib/repo.c
index 92febff6..babdec95 100644
--- a/lib/repo.c
+++ b/lib/repo.c
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ xbps_repo_open(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *url)
 	repo->xhp = xhp;
 	repo->uri = url;
 	repo->ar = archive_read_new();
-	archive_read_support_filter_gzip(repo->ar);
+	archive_read_support_compression_gzip(repo->ar);
+	archive_read_support_compression_bzip2(repo->ar);
+	archive_read_support_compression_xz(repo->ar);
 	archive_read_support_format_tar(repo->ar);
 
 	if (archive_read_open_filename(repo->ar, repofile, ARCHIVE_READ_BLOCKSIZE)) {