diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
index c40abb78..5e3e31df 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
@@ -1816,7 +1816,8 @@ ostree_repo_mode_from_string (const char      *mode,
     ret_mode = OSTREE_REPO_MODE_BARE;
   else if (strcmp (mode, "bare-user") == 0)
     ret_mode = OSTREE_REPO_MODE_BARE_USER;
-  else if (strcmp (mode, "archive-z2") == 0)
+  else if (strcmp (mode, "archive-z2") == 0 ||
+           strcmp (mode, "archive") == 0)
     ret_mode = OSTREE_REPO_MODE_ARCHIVE_Z2;
   else
     {
diff --git a/tests/basic-test.sh b/tests/basic-test.sh
index 0fe372dc..003df893 100755
--- a/tests/basic-test.sh
+++ b/tests/basic-test.sh
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ echo "ok prune"
 
 cd ${test_tmpdir}
 rm repo3 -rf
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo3 init --mode=archive-z2
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo3 init --mode=archive
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo3 pull-local --remote=aremote repo test2
 rm repo3/refs/remotes -rf
 mkdir repo3/refs/remotes
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ echo "ok commit of fifo was rejected"
 cd ${test_tmpdir}
 rm repo2 -rf
 mkdir repo2
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo2 init --mode=archive-z2
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo2 init --mode=archive
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo2 pull-local repo
 rm -rf test2-checkout
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=repo2 checkout -U --disable-cache test2 test2-checkout