diff --git a/ark/CMakeLists.txt b/ark/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ea72bb..85c5ce0 100644
--- a/ark/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 project(ark)
 
+macro_optional_find_package(LibArchive)
+macro_log_feature(LIBARCHIVE_FOUND "LibArchive" "A library for dealing with a wide variety of archive file formats" "http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/" FALSE "" "Required for among others tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2 formats in Ark.")
+
 configure_file(config.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)
 
 add_subdirectory(part)
diff --git a/ark/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/ark/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index a8c4e44..e3cb9ec 100644
--- a/ark/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ark/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-macro_optional_find_package(LibArchive)
-
 if (LIBARCHIVE_FOUND)
     if( HAVE_LIBARCHIVE_READ_DISK_API )
         if( NOT HAVE_LIBARCHIVE_LZMA_SUPPORT OR NOT HAVE_LIBARCHIVE_XZ_SUPPORT )
@@ -15,8 +13,6 @@ if (LIBARCHIVE_FOUND)
     endif( HAVE_LIBARCHIVE_READ_DISK_API )
 endif (LIBARCHIVE_FOUND)
 
-macro_log_feature(LIBARCHIVE_FOUND "LibArchive" "A library for dealing with a wide variety of archive file formats" "http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/" FALSE "" "Required for among others tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2 formats in Ark.")
-
 add_subdirectory( clirarplugin )
 add_subdirectory( cli7zplugin )
 add_subdirectory( clizipplugin )