diff --git a/x11/xarchiver/Makefile b/x11/xarchiver/Makefile
index 97b02af7d75..eb46c7c0796 100644
--- a/x11/xarchiver/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xarchiver/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT =	simple archive manager
 CATEGORIES =	x11 archivers
-DIST_TUPLE =	github	ib	xarchiver	0.5.4.21	.
-REVISION =	1
+DIST_TUPLE =	github	ib	xarchiver	0.5.4.23	.
 
 HOMEPAGE =	https://xarchiver.sourceforge.net
 
diff --git a/x11/xarchiver/distinfo b/x11/xarchiver/distinfo
index f606593bbeb..43cd9acae55 100644
--- a/x11/xarchiver/distinfo
+++ b/x11/xarchiver/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (ib-xarchiver-0.5.4.21.tar.gz) = ZTKb/36QFFLz+SfZE8R//KdZo26D6LgtBP5pRec5P9Q=
-SIZE (ib-xarchiver-0.5.4.21.tar.gz) = 1132417
+SHA256 (ib-xarchiver-0.5.4.23.tar.gz) = MZk1zTI+hl2KoSAjtShsMUwShJGsWOhT5j9tbqPaKic=
+SIZE (ib-xarchiver-0.5.4.23.tar.gz) = 1126908
diff --git a/x11/xarchiver/patches/patch-src_main_c b/x11/xarchiver/patches/patch-src_main_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e6a511810c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/xarchiver/patches/patch-src_main_c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: src/main.c
+--- src/main.c.orig
++++ src/main.c
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void xa_check_available_archivers ()
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
+-	cpio = g_find_program_in_path("cpio");
++	cpio = g_find_program_in_path("gcpio");
+ 	lbzip2 = g_find_program_in_path("lbzip2");
+ 	lsar = g_find_program_in_path("lsar");
+ 	pbzip2 = g_find_program_in_path("pbzip2");