diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eecb107d7..39306b953 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([bzlib.h], [true],
   [AC_MSG_ERROR([Nix requires libbz2, which is part of bzip2.  See https://web.archive.org/web/20180624184756/http://www.bzip.org/.])])
 # Checks for libarchive
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBARCHIVE], [libarchive >= 3.1.2], [CXXFLAGS="$LIBARCHIVE_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
+# Workaround until https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1446 is fixed
+if test "$shared" != yes; then
+    LIBARCHIVE_LIBS+=' -lz'
+fi
 
 # Look for SQLite, a required dependency.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SQLITE3], [sqlite3 >= 3.6.19], [CXXFLAGS="$SQLITE3_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
diff --git a/mk/programs.mk b/mk/programs.mk
index a96ff56af..3fa9685c3 100644
--- a/mk/programs.mk
+++ b/mk/programs.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define build-program
   $$(eval $$(call create-dir, $$(_d)))
 
   $$($(1)_PATH): $$($(1)_OBJS) $$(_libs) | $$(_d)/
-	$$(trace-ld) $(CXX) -o $$@ $$(LDFLAGS) $$(GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) $$($(1)_OBJS) $$($(1)_LDFLAGS) $$(foreach lib, $$($(1)_LIBS), $$($$(lib)_LDFLAGS_USE)) -lz
+	$$(trace-ld) $(CXX) -o $$@ $$(LDFLAGS) $$(GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) $$($(1)_OBJS) $$($(1)_LDFLAGS) $$(foreach lib, $$($(1)_LIBS), $$($$(lib)_LDFLAGS_USE))
 
   $(1)_INSTALL_DIR ?= $$(bindir)