1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/util/compress.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/util/compress.sh.in
index d35a01fa..ab3b1e6e 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/util/compress.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/util/compress.sh.in
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ get_compression_command() {
 	esac
 
 	ext=${ext#*.tar.}
+	# empty the variable for plain tar archives so we fallback to cat
+	ext=${ext#*.tar}
+
 	if [[ -n $ext ]]; then
 		extarray="COMPRESS${ext^^}[@]"
 		resolvecmd=("${!extarray}")