diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry_strmode.c b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry_strmode.c
index 301f7b614ff5..8d7006a054fb 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_entry_strmode.c
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_entry_strmode.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ archive_entry_strmode(struct archive_entry *entry)
 	case AE_IFLNK:  bp[0] = 'l'; break;
 	case AE_IFSOCK: bp[0] = 's'; break;
 	case AE_IFIFO:  bp[0] = 'p'; break;
+	default:
+		if (archive_entry_hardlink(entry) != NULL) {
+			bp[0] = 'h';
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 9; i++)