diff --git a/magic/Magdir/archive b/magic/Magdir/archive
index cf656216..8a5b8a01 100644
--- a/magic/Magdir/archive
+++ b/magic/Magdir/archive
@@ -1346,6 +1346,8 @@
 >>>>4	beshort		x			\b, at least
 >>>>4	use		zipversion
 >>>>4	beshort		x			to extract
+>>>>8	beshort		x			\b, compression method=
+>>>>8	use		zipcompression
 >>>>0x161	string		WINZIP		\b, WinZIP self-extracting
 
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