diff --git a/multiarc/src/formats/libarch/libarch_utils.cpp b/multiarc/src/formats/libarch/libarch_utils.cpp
index c32172b9c..fa88ab554 100644
--- a/multiarc/src/formats/libarch/libarch_utils.cpp
+++ b/multiarc/src/formats/libarch/libarch_utils.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ LibArchOpenRead::LibArchOpenRead(const char *name, const char *cmd, const char *
 	}
 
 	_fmt = archive_format(_arc);
+	if (_fmt == ARCHIVE_FORMAT_MTREE && archive_filter_count(_arc) <= 1
+			&& !StrEndsBy(name, ".tree") && !StrEndsBy(name, ".mtree")) {
+		// https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues/1887
+		// https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1051
+		EnsureClosed();
+		throw std::runtime_error("mtree avoided");
+	}
+
 	if (_fmt == ARCHIVE_FORMAT_RAW && _ae != nullptr) {
 		const char *name_part = strrchr(name, '/');
 		std::string arc_raw_name(name_part ? name_part + 1 : name);
diff --git a/utils/include/utils.h b/utils/include/utils.h
index 3660a3204..98c7931e4 100644
--- a/utils/include/utils.h
+++ b/utils/include/utils.h
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ template <class StrT>
 	return i;
 }
 
+template <class CharT>
+	size_t StrEndsBy(const CharT *haystack, const CharT *needle)
+{
+	const size_t hl = tzlen(haystack);
+	const size_t l = tzlen(needle);
+	if (!l || hl < l)
+		return 0;
+
+	return memcmp(haystack + hl - l, needle, l * sizeof(CharT)) ? 0 : l;
+}
+
 template <class StrT>
 	size_t StrEndsBy(const StrT &haystack, const typename StrT::value_type *needle)
 {