diff --git a/main/libarchive/APKBUILD b/main/libarchive/APKBUILD
index 4c4f69d4f9ec..dd1044d6e8e7 100644
--- a/main/libarchive/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/libarchive/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=libarchive
 pkgver=3.7.2
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="library that can create and read several streaming archive formats"
 url="https://libarchive.org/"
 arch="all"
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ makedepends="
 	zstd-dev
 	"
 subpackages="$pkgname-static $pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc $pkgname-tools"
-source="https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-$pkgver.tar.xz"
+source="https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-$pkgver.tar.xz
+	tar-make-error-reporting-more-robust-and-use-correct-errno.patch
+	"
 options="!check"
 
 # secfixes:
@@ -60,4 +62,5 @@ tools() {
 
 sha512sums="
 a21bebb27b808cb7d2ed13a70739904a1b7b55661d8dea83c9897a0129cf71e20c962f13666c571782ff0f4f753ca885619c2097d9e7691c2dee4e6e4b9a2971  libarchive-3.7.2.tar.xz
+5ecfc835895b36b715a5e40094c6295d2580fed93f0cb3602dafcc177645458870091dbe70509ef880bd6a3cc43ef2e8166c155dfd64f801f40f54eb573c12c9  tar-make-error-reporting-more-robust-and-use-correct-errno.patch
 "
diff --git a/main/libarchive/tar-make-error-reporting-more-robust-and-use-correct-errno.patch b/main/libarchive/tar-make-error-reporting-more-robust-and-use-correct-errno.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e6f70104c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/libarchive/tar-make-error-reporting-more-robust-and-use-correct-errno.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From e200fd8abfb4cf895a1cab4d89b67e6eefe83942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
+Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:38:11 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] tar: make error reporting more robust and use correct errno
+
+As discussed in #1609.
+---
+ tar/read.c | 5 +++--
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tar/read.c b/tar/read.c
+index af3d3f423..a7f14a07b 100644
+--- a/tar/read.c
++++ b/tar/read.c
+@@ -371,8 +371,9 @@ read_archive(struct bsdtar *bsdtar, char mode, struct archive *writer)
+ 			if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+ 				if (!bsdtar->verbose)
+ 					safe_fprintf(stderr, "%s", archive_entry_pathname(entry));
+-				fprintf(stderr, ": %s: ", archive_error_string(a));
+-				fprintf(stderr, "%s", strerror(errno));
++				safe_fprintf(stderr, ": %s: %s",
++				    archive_error_string(a),
++				    strerror(archive_errno(a)));
+ 				if (!bsdtar->verbose)
+ 					fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+ 				bsdtar->return_value = 1;