diff --git a/routers/api/packages/api.go b/routers/api/packages/api.go
index 781bfc7f90..e216a0c02b 100644
--- a/routers/api/packages/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/packages/api.go
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ func CommonRoutes() *web.Route {
 					r.Get("/PACKAGES", cran.EnumerateSourcePackages)
 					r.Get("/PACKAGES{format}", cran.EnumerateSourcePackages)
 					r.Get("/{filename}", cran.DownloadSourcePackageFile)
+					r.Get("/Archive/{packagename}/{filename}", cran.DownloadSourcePackageFile)
 				})
 				r.Put("", reqPackageAccess(perm.AccessModeWrite), enforcePackagesQuota(), cran.UploadSourcePackageFile)
 			})
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_packages_cran_test.go b/tests/integration/api_packages_cran_test.go
index 31864d1ab7..d64b592327 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api_packages_cran_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/api_packages_cran_test.go
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ func TestPackageCran(t *testing.T) {
 			MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 		})
 
+		t.Run("DownloadArchived", func(t *testing.T) {
+			defer tests.PrintCurrentTest(t)()
+
+			req := NewRequest(t, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/src/contrib/Archive/%s/%s_%s.tar.gz", url, packageName, packageName, packageVersion)).
+				AddBasicAuth(user.Name)
+			MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+		})
+
 		t.Run("Enumerate", func(t *testing.T) {
 			defer tests.PrintCurrentTest(t)()