diff --git a/src/gl-auth-command b/src/gl-auth-command
index 8344435..012398f 100755
--- a/src/gl-auth-command
+++ b/src/gl-auth-command
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ die "couldnt do perms file" unless (my $ret = do $GL_CONF_COMPILED);
 #       definitions specific to this program
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-my $R_COMMANDS=qr/^git[ -]upload-pack$/;
+my $R_COMMANDS=qr/^(git[ -]upload-pack|git[ -]upload-archive)$/;
 my $W_COMMANDS=qr/^git[ -]receive-pack$/;
 my $REPONAME_PATT=qr(^[0-9a-zA-Z][0-9a-zA-Z._/-]*$); # very simple pattern