1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 87b5d2176..8f802de64 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -596,6 +596,12 @@ readHeader(const TarHeader * hp, int fileCount, char **fileTable)
          */
         if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
                 if (createPath(outName, mode) == TRUE) {
+                        /* make the final component, just in case it was
+                         * omitted by createPath() (which will skip the
+                         * directory if it doesn't have a terminating '/')
+                         */
+                        mkdir(outName, mode);
+
                         /* Set the file time */
                         utb.actime = mtime;
                         utb.modtime = mtime;