diff --git a/autotests/kerfuffle/archivetest.cpp b/autotests/kerfuffle/archivetest.cpp
--- a/autotests/kerfuffle/archivetest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/kerfuffle/archivetest.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
     } else {
         qDebug() << "lrzip executable not found in path. Skipping lrzip test.";
     }
+
+    QTest::newRow("xar archive")
+            << QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.xar")
+            << QStringLiteral("simplearchive")
+            << true << false << false << Archive::Unencrypted
+            << QStringLiteral("simplearchive");
 }
 
 void ArchiveTest::testProperties()
@@ -448,6 +454,23 @@
     } else {
         qDebug() << "lrzip executable not found in path. Skipping lrzip test.";
     }
+
+    archivePath = QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.xar");
+    QTest::newRow("extract selected entries from a xar archive without path")
+            << archivePath
+            << QVariantList {
+                   QVariant::fromValue(fileRootNodePair(QStringLiteral("dir1/file11.txt"), QString())),
+                   QVariant::fromValue(fileRootNodePair(QStringLiteral("file4.txt"), QString()))
+               }
+            << ExtractionOptions()
+            << 2;
+
+    archivePath = QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.xar");
+    QTest::newRow("extract all entries from a xar archive with path")
+            << archivePath
+            << QVariantList()
+            << optionsPreservePaths
+            << 6;
 }
 
 void ArchiveTest::testExtraction()
diff --git a/autotests/kerfuffle/mimetypetest.cpp b/autotests/kerfuffle/mimetypetest.cpp
--- a/autotests/kerfuffle/mimetypetest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/kerfuffle/mimetypetest.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     const QString compressedLrzipTarMime = QStringLiteral("application/x-lrzip-compressed-tar");
     const QString isoMimeType = QStringLiteral("application/x-cd-image");
     const QString debMimeType = QMimeDatabase().mimeTypeForFile(QStringLiteral("dummy.deb"), QMimeDatabase::MatchExtension).name();
+    const QString xarMimeType = QStringLiteral("application/x-xar");
 
     QTest::newRow("empty name") << QString() << QStringLiteral("application/octet-stream");
     QTest::newRow("tar.gz") << QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.tar.gz") << compressedGzipTarMime;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
     QTest::newRow("tar.lzo") << QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.tar.lzo") << compressedLzopTarMime;
     QTest::newRow("tar.lrz") << QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.tar.lrz") << compressedLrzipTarMime;
     QTest::newRow("deb") << QFINDTESTDATA("data/smallarchive.deb") << debMimeType;
+    QTest::newRow("xar") << QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.xar") << xarMimeType;
 
     QTest::newRow("zip with wrong extension") << QFINDTESTDATA("data/zip_with_wrong_extension.rar") << QStringLiteral("application/zip");
     QTest::newRow("tar with special char in the extension") << QStringLiteral("foo.tar~1.gz") << compressedGzipTarMime;
diff --git a/kerfuffle/mime/kerfuffle.xml b/kerfuffle/mime/kerfuffle.xml
--- a/kerfuffle/mime/kerfuffle.xml
+++ b/kerfuffle/mime/kerfuffle.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@
       <comment xml:lang="en">Tar archive (lzip-compressed)</comment>
       <glob pattern="*.tar.lz"/>
    </mime-type>
+   <mime-type type="application/x-xar">
+      <comment>XAR archive</comment>
+      <acronym>XAR</acronym>
+      <expanded-acronym>eXtensible ARchive</expanded-acronym>
+      <generic-icon name="package-x-generic"/>
+      <glob pattern="*.xar"/>
+      <glob pattern="*.pkg"/>
+   </mime-type>
 </mime-info>
diff --git a/plugins/libarchive/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/libarchive/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/libarchive/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/libarchive/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set(SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READWRITE_MIMETYPES "application/x-tar;application/x-compressed-tar;application/x-bzip-compressed-tar;application/x-tarz;application/x-xz-compressed-tar;")
 set(SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READWRITE_MIMETYPES "${SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READWRITE_MIMETYPES}application/x-lzma-compressed-tar;application/x-lzip-compressed-tar;application/x-tzo;application/x-lrzip-compressed-tar;")
 set(SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READONLY_MIMETYPES "application/vnd.debian.binary-package;application/x-deb;application/x-cd-image;application/x-bcpio;application/x-cpio;application/x-cpio-compressed;application/x-sv4cpio;application/x-sv4crc;")
-set(SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READONLY_MIMETYPES "${SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READONLY_MIMETYPES}application/x-rpm;application/x-source-rpm;application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed;")
+set(SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READONLY_MIMETYPES "${SUPPORTED_LIBARCHIVE_READONLY_MIMETYPES}application/x-rpm;application/x-source-rpm;application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed;application/x-xar;")
 
 set(INSTALLED_LIBARCHIVE_PLUGINS "")
 
diff --git a/plugins/libarchive/kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly.json b/plugins/libarchive/kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly.json
--- a/plugins/libarchive/kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly.json
+++ b/plugins/libarchive/kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly.json
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
             "application/x-rpm", 
             "application/x-source-rpm", 
             "application/vnd.debian.binary-package",
-            "application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed"
+            "application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed",
+            "application/x-xar"
         ], 
         "Name": "kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly", 
         "Name[sv]": "Kerfuffle LibArchive skrivskyddat",