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diff --git a/archival/Config.src b/archival/Config.src
index 6f4f30c43..cbcd7217c 100644
--- a/archival/Config.src
+++ b/archival/Config.src
@@ -35,4 +35,15 @@ config FEATURE_LZMA_FAST
         This option reduces decompression time by about 25% at the cost of
         a 1K bigger binary.
 
+config FEATURE_PATH_TRAVERSAL_PROTECTION
+        bool "Prevent extraction of filenames with /../ path component"
+        default n
+        help
+        busybox tar and unzip remove "PREFIX/../" (if it exists)
+        from extracted names.
+        This option enables this behavior for all other unpacking applets,
+        such as cpio, ar, rpm.
+        GNU cpio 2.15 has NO such sanity check.
+# try other archivers and document their behavior?
+
 endmenu