1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/gunzip.c b/archival/gunzip.c
index e47dd3f83..032b43c2c 100644
--- a/archival/gunzip.c
+++ b/archival/gunzip.c
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ static int gunzip_file (const char *path, int flags)
     /* do the decompression, and cleanup */
     if (unzip(in_file, out_file) == 0) {
         /* Success, remove .gz file */
-        delete_path = path;
+        if ( !(flags & gunzip_to_stdout ))
+            delete_path = path;
         if (flags & gunzip_verbose) {
             fprintf(stderr, "OK\n");
         }