diff --git a/archivers/ark/Makefile b/archivers/ark/Makefile
index 305cf680abcf..73e92299ef3d 100644
--- a/archivers/ark/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/ark/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2012/03/20 00:55:51 markd Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2012/03/23 23:12:38 markd Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	ark-${_KDE_VERSION}
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ COMMENT=	for managing various archive formats within the KDE environment
 .include "../../meta-pkgs/kde4/kde4.mk"
 
 .include "../../archivers/bzip2/buildlink3.mk"
+BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS.libarchive+=  libarchive>=2.6.0
 .include "../../archivers/libarchive/buildlink3.mk"
 .include "../../archivers/libzip/buildlink3.mk"
 .include "../../archivers/xz/buildlink3.mk"