diff --git a/manifests/tar_extract.pp b/manifests/tar_extract.pp
index 464f3bf9..73f3e69c 100644
--- a/manifests/tar_extract.pp
+++ b/manifests/tar_extract.pp
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
   exec { "extract ${path}":
     cwd     => '/root',
     path    => ['/usr/bin', '/bin'],
-    command => "tar -xzf ${path}",
+    command => "tar -xaf ${path}",
   }
 }