diff --git a/stream/stream_libarchive.c b/stream/stream_libarchive.c
index 76b47e1633..7ae5a8be38 100644
--- a/stream/stream_libarchive.c
+++ b/stream/stream_libarchive.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ struct mp_archive *mp_archive_new(struct mp_log *log, struct stream *src,
     archive_read_support_format_7zip(mpa->arch);
     archive_read_support_format_iso9660(mpa->arch);
     archive_read_support_format_rar(mpa->arch);
+    archive_read_support_format_rar5(mpa->arch);
     archive_read_support_format_zip(mpa->arch);
     archive_read_support_filter_bzip2(mpa->arch);
     archive_read_support_filter_gzip(mpa->arch);
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 1da8054f95..b1a1ed9a8f 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
     }, {
         'name': '--libarchive',
         'desc': 'libarchive wrapper for reading zip files and more',
-        'func': check_pkg_config('libarchive >= 3.0.0'),
+        'func': check_pkg_config('libarchive >= 3.3.3'),
     }, {
         'name': '--dvbin',
         'desc': 'DVB input module',