diff --git a/pisi/archive.py b/pisi/archive.py
index f80697f0..387f0946 100644
--- a/pisi/archive.py
+++ b/pisi/archive.py
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ class ArchiveTar(ArchiveBase):
 
     def unpack(self, target_dir, clean_dir = False):
         """Unpack tar archive to a given target directory(target_dir)."""
-#       FIX: do we need this for tar archives?
-#       super(ArchiveTar, self).unpack(target_dir, clean_dir)
+        super(ArchiveTar, self).unpack(target_dir, clean_dir)
+        self.unpack_dir(target_dir)
 
+    def unpack_dir(self, target_dir):
         rmode = ""
         if self.type == 'tar':
             rmode = 'r:'
diff --git a/pisi/package.py b/pisi/package.py
index b232fb57..03407864 100644
--- a/pisi/package.py
+++ b/pisi/package.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Package:
     def extract_install(self, outdir):
         self.extract_file('install.tar.lzma', ctx.config.tmp_dir())
         tar = archive.ArchiveTar(join(ctx.config.tmp_dir(), 'install.tar.lzma'), 'tarlzma')
-        tar.unpack(outdir)
+        tar.unpack_dir(outdir)
         
     def extract_dir_flat(self, dir, outdir):
         """Extract directory recursively, this function