Index: src/shell.c.in
==================================================================
--- src/shell.c.in
+++ src/shell.c.in
@@ -5276,11 +5276,11 @@
      "    mtime,\n"
      "    CASE substr(lsmode(mode),1,1)\n"
      "      WHEN '-' THEN length(data)\n"
      "      WHEN 'd' THEN 0\n"
      "      ELSE -1 END,\n"
-     "    data\n"
+     "    sqlar_compress(data)\n"
      "  FROM fsdir(%Q,%Q)\n"
      "  WHERE lsmode(mode) NOT LIKE '?%%';",
      "REPLACE INTO %s(name,mode,mtime,data)\n"
      "  SELECT\n"
      "    %s,\n"
@@ -5396,13 +5396,11 @@
             cmd.zFile, sqlite3_errmsg(cmd.db)
         );
         goto end_ar_command;
       }
       sqlite3_fileio_init(cmd.db, 0, 0);
-#ifdef SQLITE_HAVE_ZLIB
       sqlite3_sqlar_init(cmd.db, 0, 0);
-#endif
       sqlite3_create_function(cmd.db, "shell_putsnl", 1, SQLITE_UTF8, cmd.p,
                               shellPutsFunc, 0, 0);
 
     }
     if( cmd.zSrcTable==0 && cmd.bZip==0 ){