diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 59d1adb1d1..35238f31e5 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -971,6 +971,8 @@ endif
 
 # Compression/Archive
 
+OBJ += libretro-common/file/archive_file.o
+
 ifeq ($(HAVE_7ZIP),1)
    CFLAGS  += -I./deps/7zip
    HAVE_COMPRESSION = 1
@@ -1144,6 +1146,7 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_FFMPEG), 1)
    DEFINES += -Wno-deprecated-declarations -DHAVE_FFMPEG -Iffmpeg
 endif
 
+
 ifeq ($(HAVE_COMPRESSION), 1)
    DEFINES += -DHAVE_COMPRESSION
    OBJ += libretro-common/file/archive_file.o \
diff --git a/libretro-common/file/archive_file_7z.c b/libretro-common/file/archive_file_7z.c
index 4c082f25ed..5938e42578 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/archive_file_7z.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/archive_file_7z.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int sevenzip_parse_file_init(file_archive_transfer_t *state,
    if (memcmp(state->data, SEVENZIP_MAGIC, SEVENZIP_MAGIC_LEN) != 0)
       return -1;
 
-   sevenzip_context = sevenzip_stream_new();
+   sevenzip_context = (struct sevenzip_context_t*)sevenzip_stream_new();
 
    /* could not open 7zip archive? */
    if (InFile_Open(&sevenzip_context->archiveStream.file, file))