diff --git a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.sh b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
index 8bc09a821..2f6491f28 100644
--- a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 extract_files() {
 	echo "Extracting files..."
-	tar xvf /opt/pakfire/tmp/files -p --numeric-owner -C /
+	tar xvf /opt/pakfire/tmp/files --no-overwrite-dir -p --numeric-owner -C /
 	echo "...Finished."
 }