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diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 78f967c3cb..5250a63635 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -94,6 +94,27 @@ in compression.")
utility. Instead of being written in Java, FastJar is written in C.")
(license license:gpl2+)))
+(define-public libtar
+ (package
+ (name "libtar")
+ (version "1.2.11")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append
+ "ftp://ftp.feep.net/pub/software/libtar/libtar-"
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1f3vx1wa69a6c5y0z0aakd81gygirdcm0vimazg433q8nyvfybja"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ;no "check" target
+ (synopsis "C library for manipulating POSIX tar files")
+ (description
+ "libtar is a C library for manipulating POSIX tar files. It handles
+adding and extracting files to/from a tar archive.")
+ (home-page "http://www.feep.net/libtar/")
+ (license license:bsd-3)))
+
(define-public gzip
(package
(name "gzip")