diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd5e35d7865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - unarchive modules now uses zipinfo options without relying on implementation defaults, making it more compatible with all OS/distributions.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py b/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py
index 0fbdc1d643e..bb10e3333ec 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ class TarZstdArchive(TgzArchive):
 class ZipZArchive(ZipArchive):
     def __init__(self, src, b_dest, file_args, module):
         super(ZipZArchive, self).__init__(src, b_dest, file_args, module)
-        self.zipinfoflag = '-Z'
+        self.zipinfoflag = '-Zl'
         self.binaries = (
             ('unzip', 'cmd_path'),
             ('unzip', 'zipinfo_cmd_path'),