diff --git a/include/sqsh_extract_private.h b/include/sqsh_extract_private.h
index f53334809..173966639 100644
--- a/include/sqsh_extract_private.h
+++ b/include/sqsh_extract_private.h
@@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ struct SqshExtractor {
 	size_t block_size;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * @memberof SqshExtractor
+ * @brief Returns the extractor implementation for a given id.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  id   The id of the compression algorithm to use.
+ *
+ * @return pointer to the extractor implementation or NULL if the extraction
+ * algorithm is not supported.
+ */
+const struct SqshExtractorImpl *sqsh__extractor_impl_from_id(int id);
+
 /**
  * @internal
  * @memberof SqshExtractor
diff --git a/lib/extract/extract_manager.c b/lib/extract/extract_manager.c
index 13c1510c0..f78f63f14 100644
--- a/lib/extract/extract_manager.c
+++ b/lib/extract/extract_manager.c
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ sqsh__extract_manager_init(
 			SQSH_CONFIG_DEFAULT(config->compression_lru_size, 128);
 	const struct SqshSuperblock *superblock = sqsh_archive_superblock(archive);
 
+	if (sqsh__extractor_impl_from_id(sqsh_superblock_compression_id(superblock)) ==
+			NULL) {
+		return -SQSH_ERROR_COMPRESSION_UNSUPPORTED;
+	}
+
 	if (size == 0) {
 		return -SQSH_ERROR_SIZE_MISMATCH;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/extract/extractor.c b/lib/extract/extractor.c
index 7b69f2dfb..0f2b401dd 100644
--- a/lib/extract/extractor.c
+++ b/lib/extract/extractor.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const struct SqshExtractorImpl *const __attribute__((weak)) sqsh__impl_lzo =
 		NULL;
 
 const struct SqshExtractorImpl *
-extractor_by_id(int id) {
+sqsh__extractor_impl_from_id(int id) {
 	switch ((enum SqshSuperblockCompressionId)id) {
 	case SQSH_COMPRESSION_GZIP:
 		return sqsh__impl_zlib;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int
 sqsh__extractor_init(
 		struct SqshExtractor *extractor, struct SqshBuffer *buffer,
 		int algorithm_id, size_t block_size) {
-	const struct SqshExtractorImpl *impl = extractor_by_id(algorithm_id);
+	const struct SqshExtractorImpl *impl = sqsh__extractor_impl_from_id(algorithm_id);
 	if (impl == NULL) {
 		return -SQSH_ERROR_COMPRESSION_UNSUPPORTED;
 	}