1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/makepkg b/scripts/makepkg
index 5afb285c..92d8ab26 100755
--- a/scripts/makepkg
+++ b/scripts/makepkg
@@ -809,6 +809,8 @@ else
 		file_type=$(file -biz "$file")
 		unset cmd
 		case "$file_type" in
+			*application/x-tar*application/x-compress*)
+				cmd="tar -xzf $file" ;;
 			*application/x-tar*)
 				cmd="tar -xf $file" ;;
 			*application/x-zip*)