diff --git a/tools/lkl/Build b/tools/lkl/Build
index 6048440d0e1b6c..262de7665f1a4f 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/Build
+++ b/tools/lkl/Build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CFLAGS_lklfuse.o += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
-cptofs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += cptofs.o
+cptofs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARGP) += cptofs.o
 fs2tar-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += fs2tar.o
 lklfuse-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_FUSE) += lklfuse.o
 
diff --git a/tools/lkl/Makefile.autoconf b/tools/lkl/Makefile.autoconf
index b8129d55a231a9..654dcb93f3d0bf 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/Makefile.autoconf
+++ b/tools/lkl/Makefile.autoconf
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ define posix_host
   $(if $(filter yes,$(vde)),$(call virtio_net_vde))
   $(if $(strip $(call find_include,fuse3/fuse.h)),$(call set_autoconf_var,FUSE,y))
   $(if $(strip $(call find_include,archive.h)),$(call set_autoconf_var,ARCHIVE,y))
+  $(if $(strip $(call find_include,argp.h)),$(call set_autoconf_var,ARGP,y))
   $(if $(strip $(call find_include,linux/if_tun.h)),$(call set_autoconf_var,VIRTIO_NET_MACVTAP,y))
   $(if $(filter $(1),elf64-x86-64-freebsd),$(call set_autoconf_var,NEEDS_LARGP,y))
   $(if $(filter $(1),elf32-i386),$(call set_autoconf_var,I386,y))
diff --git a/tools/lkl/Targets b/tools/lkl/Targets
index bedc64d94ea362..fdc6bac4a4e276 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/Targets
+++ b/tools/lkl/Targets
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ progs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += fs2tar
 LDLIBS_fs2tar-y := -larchive
 LDLIBS_fs2tar-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_NEEDS_LARGP) += -largp
 
-
-progs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += cptofs
-LDLIBS_cptofs-y := -larchive
+progs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARGP) += cptofs
 LDLIBS_cptofs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_NEEDS_LARGP) += -largp
 
 # tools/build/Makefile.build does not support parallel builds when