1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 9ed3821d5..415ebde0d 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ int tar_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         while (get_header_tar(tar_handle) == EXIT_SUCCESS)
                 bb_got_signal = EXIT_SUCCESS; /* saw at least one header, good */
 
+        create_symlinks_from_list(tar_handle->symlink_placeholders);
+
         /* Check that every file that should have been extracted was */
         while (tar_handle->accept) {
                 if (!find_list_entry(tar_handle->reject, tar_handle->accept->data)