diff --git a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
index d67268d9a7..5028c7beb7 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pin_run_as_build:
     apfel: x.x.x.x
     gsl: x.x.x
     yaml-cpp: x.x
+    libarchive: x.x
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 1790431bed..6f0c42007a 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ requirements:
         - lhapdf      # with python wrapper
         - sqlite
         - gsl         # Gsl doesn't link openblas on old debian 7
-        - libarchive
+        - libarchive ==3.4.2 # See https://github.com/NNPDF/nnpdf/pull/1130
         - yaml-cpp
         - apfel >=3   # see https://github.com/scarrazza/apfel
         - python