--- config/meson.build.orig	2025-12-19 12:05:33 UTC
+++ config/meson.build
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ libarchive = dependency('libarchive', required: false,
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_BACKTRACE', cc.has_header('execinfo.h') or is_windows)
 
 libarchive = dependency('libarchive', required: false, method: 'pkg-config')
+if not libarchive.found()
+    libarchive = cc.find_library('archive', required: false)
+endif
 if libarchive.found()
     dpdk_conf.set('RTE_HAS_LIBARCHIVE', 1)
 endif