diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index c97c16481a..fedc600e6c 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -685,6 +685,11 @@ option('sftp',
     value: 'auto',
     description: 'SFTP file transfer via libssh2')
 
+option('archive',
+    type: 'feature',
+    value: 'auto',
+    description: 'libarchive support')
+
 # TODO: Missing live555
 # TODO: Missing v4l2
 # TODO: Missing nvdec
diff --git a/modules/meson.build b/modules/meson.build
index 3d0d5fa393..f15c10cb2c 100644
--- a/modules/meson.build
+++ b/modules/meson.build
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ subdir('services_discovery')
 # stream output modules
 subdir('stream_out')
 
+# stream extractor modules
+subdir('stream_extractor')
+
 # stream filter modules
 subdir('stream_filter')
 
diff --git a/modules/stream_extractor/meson.build b/modules/stream_extractor/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a970480f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/stream_extractor/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+libarchive_dep = dependency('libarchive', version: '>= 3.1.0', required: get_option('archive'))
+vlc_modules += {
+    'name' : 'archive',
+    'sources' : files('archive.c'),
+    'dependencies' : [libarchive_dep],
+    'enabled': libarchive_dep.found(),
+}