diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 9cc9fd93f4..b8adf44d27 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ libBrokenLocale.so.1 glibc-2.8_1
 libz.so.1 zlib-1.2.3_1
 libbz2.so.1 bzip2-1.0.5_1
 libarchive.so.12 libarchive-3.0.2_1
+libarchive.so.13 libarchive-3.1.2_1
 libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc-4.4.0_1
 libperl.so perl-5.12.0_1
 libmp.so.3 gmp-5.0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index ba1a600ede..845b5b55be 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -1,30 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'libarchive'
 pkgname=libarchive
-version=3.0.4
-revision=2
+version=3.1.2
+revision=1
 subpackages="bsdtar bsdcpio $pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-xml2 --without-nettle"
 makedepends="acl-devel openssl-devel liblzma-devel expat-devel"
 short_desc="Library to read/write several different streaming archive formats"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://libarchive.github.com/"
+homepage="http://www.libarchive.org/"
 license="BSD"
-distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/libarchive/libarchive/libarchive-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=76e8d7c7b100ec4071e48c1b7d3f3ea1d22b39db3e45b7189f75b5ff4df90fac
-
-crossmakedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel acl-devel openssl-devel liblzma-devel expat-devel"
+distfiles="http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=eb87eacd8fe49e8d90c8fdc189813023ccc319c5e752b01fb6ad0cc7b2c53d5e
 
 if [ -n "${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}" ]; then
 	makedepends="automake"
-
-pre_configure() {
-	./build/autogen.sh
-}
-
-pre_build() {
-	# XXX remove las for now.
-	rm -f /usr/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/lib/*.la
-}
-
+	crossmakedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel acl-devel openssl-devel
+			  liblzma-devel expat-devel"
+	pre_configure() {
+		./build/autogen.sh
+	}
 fi