diff --git a/pisi-spec.rng b/pisi-spec.rng
index 4abecb62..25319fd9 100644
--- a/pisi-spec.rng
+++ b/pisi-spec.rng
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
                 <!-- FIXME: should be oneOrMore -->
                 <ref name="Description"/>
             </zeroOrMore>
-            <ref name="Archive"/>
+            <oneOrMore>
+                <ref name="Archive"/>
+            </oneOrMore>
             <optional>
                 <ref name="AdditionalFiles"/>
             </optional>
diff --git a/pisi/archive.py b/pisi/archive.py
index 847c5bfb..9f7cc234 100644
--- a/pisi/archive.py
+++ b/pisi/archive.py
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ class ArchiveBase(object):
     def unpack(self, target_dir, clean_dir = False):
         self.target_dir = target_dir
         # first we check if we need to clean-up our working env.
-        if os.path.exists(self.target_dir) and clean_dir:
-            util.clean_dir(self.target_dir)
+        if os.path.exists(self.target_dir):
+            if clean_dir:
+                util.clean_dir(self.target_dir)
 
-        os.makedirs(self.target_dir)
+        if not os.path.exists(self.target_dir):
+            os.makedirs(self.target_dir)
 
 
 class ArchiveBinary(ArchiveBase):
diff --git a/pisi/operations/build.py b/pisi/operations/build.py
index 2d510217..7e8ed768 100644
--- a/pisi/operations/build.py
+++ b/pisi/operations/build.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Builder:
 
         self.read_translations(self.specdir)
 
-        self.sourceArchive = pisi.sourcearchive.SourceArchive(self.spec, self.pkg_work_dir())
+        self.sourceArchives = pisi.sourcearchive.SourceArchives(self.spec, self.pkg_work_dir())
 
         self.set_environment_vars()
 
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ class Builder:
 
         self.check_build_dependencies()
         self.fetch_component()
-        self.fetch_source_archive()
-        self.unpack_source_archive()
+        self.fetch_source_archives()
+        self.unpack_source_archives()
 
         # Grab AdditionalFiles
         self.copy_additional_source_files()
@@ -392,15 +392,12 @@ class Builder:
             ctx.ui.info(_('Source is part of %s component') % comp.name)
             self.spec.source.partOf = comp.name
 
-    def fetch_source_archive(self):
-        ctx.ui.info(_("Fetching source from: %s") % self.spec.source.archive.uri)
-        self.sourceArchive.fetch()
-        ctx.ui.info(_("Source archive is stored: %s/%s")
-                %(ctx.config.archives_dir(), self.spec.source.archive.name))
+    def fetch_source_archives(self):
+        self.sourceArchives.fetch()
 
-    def unpack_source_archive(self):
-        ctx.ui.info(_("Unpacking archive..."))
-        self.sourceArchive.unpack()
+    def unpack_source_archives(self):
+        ctx.ui.info(_("Unpacking archive(s)..."))
+        self.sourceArchives.unpack()
         # apply the patches and prepare a source directory for build.
         if self.apply_patches():
             ctx.ui.info(_(" unpacked (%s)") % self.pkg_work_dir())
@@ -1094,12 +1091,12 @@ order = {"none": 0,
 def __buildState_fetch(pb):
     # fetch is the first state to run.
     pb.patch_exists()
-    pb.fetch_source_archive()
+    pb.fetch_source_archives()
 
 def __buildState_unpack(pb, last):
     if order[last] < order["fetch"]:
         __buildState_fetch(pb)
-    pb.unpack_source_archive()
+    pb.unpack_source_archives()
 
 def __buildState_setupaction(pb, last):
     if order[last] < order["unpack"]:
diff --git a/pisi/sourcearchive.py b/pisi/sourcearchive.py
index 394a26c0..793180ec 100644
--- a/pisi/sourcearchive.py
+++ b/pisi/sourcearchive.py
@@ -28,14 +28,29 @@ import pisi.mirrors
 class Error(pisi.Error):
     pass
 
+class SourceArchives:
+    """This is a wrapper for supporting multiple SourceArchive objects."""
+    def __init__(self, spec, pkg_work_dir):
+        self.sourceArchives = [SourceArchive(a, pkg_work_dir) for a in spec.source.archive]
+
+    def fetch(self, interactive=True):
+        for archive in self.sourceArchives:
+            archive.fetch(interactive)
+
+    def unpack(self, clean_dir=True):
+        self.sourceArchives[0].unpack(clean_dir)
+        for archive in self.sourceArchives[1:]:
+            archive.unpack(clean_dir=False)
+
+
 class SourceArchive:
     """source archive. this is a class responsible for fetching
     and unpacking a source archive"""
-    def __init__(self, spec, pkg_work_dir):
-        self.url = pisi.uri.URI(spec.source.archive.uri)
+    def __init__(self, archive, pkg_work_dir):
+        self.url = pisi.uri.URI(archive.uri)
         self.pkg_work_dir = pkg_work_dir
         self.archiveFile = os.path.join(ctx.config.archives_dir(), self.url.filename())
-        self.archive = spec.source.archive
+        self.archive = archive
 
     def fetch(self, interactive=True):
         if not self.is_cached(interactive):
@@ -45,6 +60,7 @@ class SourceArchive:
                 self.progress = None
 
             try:
+                ctx.ui.info(_("Fetching source from: %s") % self.url.uri)
                 if self.url.get_uri().startswith("mirrors://"):
                     self.fetch_from_mirror()
                 else:
@@ -55,6 +71,9 @@ class SourceArchive:
                 else:
                     raise
 
+            ctx.ui.info(_("Source archive is stored: %s/%s")
+                % (ctx.config.archives_dir(), self.uri.filename()))
+
     def fetch_from_fallback(self):
         archive = os.path.basename(self.url.get_uri())
         src = os.path.join(ctx.config.values.build.fallback, archive)
diff --git a/pisi/specfile.py b/pisi/specfile.py
index edeffbac..711dbf0d 100644
--- a/pisi/specfile.py
+++ b/pisi/specfile.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Source:
     t_Summary = [autoxml.LocalText, autoxml.mandatory]
     t_Description = [autoxml.LocalText, autoxml.optional]
     t_Icon = [ autoxml.String, autoxml.optional]
-    t_Archive = [Archive, autoxml.mandatory ]
+    t_Archive = [ [Archive], autoxml.mandatory, "Archive" ]
     t_AdditionalFiles = [ [AdditionalFile], autoxml.optional]
     t_BuildDependencies = [ [pisi.dependency.Dependency], autoxml.optional]
     t_Patches = [ [Patch], autoxml.optional]