1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/tools/tar.lua b/src/luarocks/tools/tar.lua
index 03f7de3c..3b431b8e 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/tools/tar.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/tools/tar.lua
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ function tar.untar(filename, destdir)
       util.printout()
       --]]
    end
+   tar_handle:close()
    return true
 end