diff --git a/package/libarchive/Config.in b/package/libarchive/Config.in
index 9154861c08..38928b00f2 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/Config.in
+++ b/package/libarchive/Config.in
@@ -9,3 +9,18 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE
 
 comment "libarchive requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDTAR
+	bool "bsdtar"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE
+	help
+	  The 'bsdtar' program is a full-featured 'tar'
+	  replacement built on libarchive.
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDCPIO
+	bool "bsdcpio"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE
+	help
+	  The 'bsdcpio' program is a different interface to
+	  essentially the same functionality as 'bsdtar'.
+
diff --git a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
index 472e34bd43..32f68f7403 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
+++ b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ LIBARCHIVE_LIBTOOL_PATCH = NO
 LIBARCHIVE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBARCHIVE_INSTALL_TARGET = YES
 
+LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPT = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDTAR),--enable-bsdtar,--disable-bsdtar) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDCPIO),--enable-bsdcpio,--disable-bsdcpio)
+
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,libarchive))