diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 35695ab79..25707ab84 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.178 -
 ====================================
+  Use versionsort to fix archive file expiry beyond 100000 files.
 
 Version 2.02.178-rc1 - 24th May 2018
 ====================================
diff --git a/lib/format_text/archive.c b/lib/format_text/archive.c
index 690bc7408..533e91ce6 100644
--- a/lib/format_text/archive.c
+++ b/lib/format_text/archive.c
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ static struct dm_list *_scan_archive(struct dm_pool *mem,
 
 	dm_list_init(results);
 
-	/* Sort fails beyond 5-digit indexes */
-	if ((count = scandir(dir, &dirent, NULL, alphasort)) < 0) {
+	/* Use versionsort to handle numbers beyond 5 digits */
+	if ((count = scandir(dir, &dirent, NULL, versionsort)) < 0) {
 		log_error("Couldn't scan the archive directory (%s).", dir);
 		return 0;
 	}