diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-libarchive-c/0001-ffi-Insert-a-replacable-anchor-for-find_library.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-libarchive-c/0001-ffi-Insert-a-replacable-anchor-for-find_library.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b8775802f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-libarchive-c/0001-ffi-Insert-a-replacable-anchor-for-find_library.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From ed20aba335996d3aa97d99dfc122eb5a3a26ba1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 11:06:01 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] ffi: Insert a replacable anchor for find_library
+
+@@REPLACE_FIND_LIBRARY_API@@ must be sustituted from bitbake environment via
+recipe. This also helps in detecting changes to code from upstream in
+this area as this patch will fail to apply.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [OE-Specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ libarchive/ffi.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libarchive/ffi.py b/libarchive/ffi.py
+index 1fc321a..991f1b6 100644
+--- a/libarchive/ffi.py
++++ b/libarchive/ffi.py
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger('libarchive')
+ 
+ page_size = mmap.PAGESIZE
+ 
+-libarchive_path = os.environ.get('LIBARCHIVE') or find_library('archive')
++libarchive_path = os.environ.get('LIBARCHIVE') or @@REPLACE_FIND_LIBRARY_API@@
+ libarchive = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(libarchive_path)
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-libarchive-c_5.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-libarchive-c_5.1.bb
index 3116c6b62e..333831c4b6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-libarchive-c_5.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-libarchive-c_5.1.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=bcab380227a83bc147350b40a81e6ffc"
 
 SRC_URI += " \
         file://new-libarchive.patch \
+        file://0001-ffi-Insert-a-replacable-anchor-for-find_library.patch \
         file://run-ptest \
 "
 
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@ inherit pypi setuptools3 ptest
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7bcce24ea6c0fa3bc62468476c6d2f6264156db2f04878a372027c10615a2721"
 
+DEPENDS += "patchelf-native libarchive"
+# Avoid using find_library API which needs ldconfig and ld/objdump
+# https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html#ctypes-reference
+#
+do_configure:append() {
+    sed -i -e "s|@@REPLACE_FIND_LIBRARY_API@@|'${libdir}/$(patchelf --print-soname ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libarchive.so)'|" ${S}/libarchive/ffi.py
+}
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
   libarchive \
   python3-ctypes \