diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e2b785..4490b86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Puppet Module to download and extract tar and zip archives based on [camptocamp/
 
 Supported archive types are:
 
+- `tar`
 - `tar.gz`, `tgz`
 - `tar.bz2`, `tbz2`
 - `tar.xz`, `txz`
diff --git a/manifests/download.pp b/manifests/download.pp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/manifests/extract.pp b/manifests/extract.pp
index 0688014..d1e0c0a 100644
--- a/manifests/extract.pp
+++ b/manifests/extract.pp
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@
     'present': {
 
       $extract_zip    = "unzip -o ${src_target}/${name}.${extension} -d ${target}"
+      $extract_tar    = "${tar_command} --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions --strip-components=${strip_components} -xf  ${src_target}/${name}.${extension} -C ${target}"
       $extract_targz  = "${tar_command} --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions --strip-components=${strip_components} -xzf ${src_target}/${name}.${extension} -C ${target}"
       $extract_tarbz2 = "${tar_command} --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions --strip-components=${strip_components} -xjf ${src_target}/${name}.${extension} -C ${target}"
-      $extract_tarxz  = "${tar_command} --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions --strip-components=${strip_components} -xpf ${src_target}/${name}.${extension} -C ${target}"
+      $extract_tarxz  = "${tar_command} --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions --strip-components=${strip_components} -xJf ${src_target}/${name}.${extension} -C ${target}"
 
       $purge_command = $purge ? {
         true    => "rm -rf ${target} && ",
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 
       $command = $extension ? {
         'zip'     => "${purge_command}mkdir -p ${target} && ${extract_zip}",
+        'tar'     => "${purge_command}mkdir -p ${target} && ${extract_tar}",
         'tar.gz'  => "${purge_command}mkdir -p ${target} && ${extract_targz}",
         'tgz'     => "${purge_command}mkdir -p ${target} && ${extract_targz}",
         'tar.bz2' => "${purge_command}mkdir -p ${target} && ${extract_tarbz2}",
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644