diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 55b7db4e..8ba4202c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(libarchive_CFLAGS)
 swupd_SOURCES = \
 	src/alias.c \
 	src/alias.h \
-	src/archives.c \
+	src/lib/archives.c \
+	src/lib/archives.h \
 	src/autoupdate.c \
 	src/binary_loader.c \
 	src/bundle.c \
diff --git a/src/hash.c b/src/hash.c
index b24bd9cc..434dbad9 100644
--- a/src/hash.c
+++ b/src/hash.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int verify_bundle_hash(struct manifest *manifest, struct file *bundle)
 
 			char *outputdir;
 			string_or_die(&outputdir, "%s/%i", state_dir, current->last_change);
-			ret = extract_to(filename, outputdir);
+			ret = archives_extract_to(filename, outputdir);
 			free_string(&outputdir);
 			free_string(&filename);
 
diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
index 89ce3194..c4050636 100644
--- a/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/helpers.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ int untar_full_download(void *data)
 	/* modern tar will automatically determine the compression type used */
 	char *outputdir;
 	string_or_die(&outputdir, "%s/staged", state_dir);
-	err = extract_to(tarfile, outputdir);
+	err = archives_extract_to(tarfile, outputdir);
 	free_string(&outputdir);
 	if (err) {
 		warn("ignoring tar extract failure for fullfile %s.tar (ret %d)\n",
diff --git a/src/archives.c b/src/lib/archives.c
similarity index 95%
rename from src/archives.c
rename to src/lib/archives.c
index d2b03e42..d92b8f2d 100644
--- a/src/archives.c
+++ b/src/lib/archives.c
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
 
 #include <archive.h>
 #include <archive_entry.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/errno.h>
 
-#include "swupd.h"
+#include "archives.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "strings.h"
 
 /* _archive_check_err(ar, ret)
  *
@@ -83,11 +87,7 @@ static int copy_data(struct archive *ar, struct archive *aw)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* extract_to(tarfile, outputdir)
- *
- * Extracts tar archive tarfile to outputdir. Refuses to extract any object
- * whose final location would be altered by a symlink on disk. */
-int extract_to(const char *tarfile, const char *outputdir)
+int archives_extract_to(const char *tarfile, const char *outputdir)
 {
 	struct archive *a, *ext;
 	struct archive_entry *entry;
diff --git a/src/lib/archives.h b/src/lib/archives.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26551614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/archives.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef __ARCHIVES__
+#define __ARCHIVES__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Extracts tar archive tarfile to outputdir. Refuses to extract any object
+ * whose final location would be altered by a symlink on disk.
+ */
+int archives_extract_to(const char *tarfile, const char *outputdir);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/manifest.c b/src/manifest.c
index 007911ca..b5b162ef 100644
--- a/src/manifest.c
+++ b/src/manifest.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static int retrieve_manifest(int previous_version, int version, char *component,
 	}
 
 untar:
-	ret = extract_to(filename, dir);
+	ret = archives_extract_to(filename, dir);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		goto out;
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/packs.c b/src/packs.c
index 933915d5..9e7ae4b4 100644
--- a/src/packs.c
+++ b/src/packs.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int finalize_pack_download(const char *module, int newversion, const char
 	int err;
 
 	info("\nExtracting %s pack for version %i\n", module, newversion);
-	err = extract_to(filename, state_dir);
+	err = archives_extract_to(filename, state_dir);
 
 	unlink(filename);
 
diff --git a/src/swupd.h b/src/swupd.h
index f1010f01..dc1c65ba 100644
--- a/src/swupd.h
+++ b/src/swupd.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "lib/progress.h"
 #include "lib/strings.h"
 #include "lib/sys.h"
+#include "lib/archives.h"
 #include "manifest.h"
 #include "scripts.h"
 #include "swupd_curl.h"
@@ -214,8 +215,6 @@ extern void link_submanifests(struct manifest *m1, struct manifest *m2, struct l
 extern int get_value_from_path(char **contents, const char *path, bool is_abs_path);
 extern int get_version_from_path(const char *abs_path);
 
-extern int extract_to(const char *tarfile, const char *outputdir);
-
 static inline int bsearch_file_helper(const void *A, const void *B)
 {
 	struct file *key = (struct file *)A;