1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dpkg_deb.c b/dpkg_deb.c
index b1cbb1bbc..7f4dcbf01 100644
--- a/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
         char *output_buffer = NULL;
         int opt = 0;
         int arg_type = 0;
-        int deb_extract_funct = extract_create_dirs | extract_unconditional;    
+        int deb_extract_funct = extract_create_leading_dirs | extract_unconditional;    
         
         const int arg_type_prefix = 1;
         const int arg_type_field = 2;