diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/shell_command_selectors.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/shell_command_selectors.lua
index 4a51ca9eb..d2a603c83 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/shell_command_selectors.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/shell_command_selectors.lua
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function M.select_download_commands(repo, project_name, cache_folder, revision)
         err = "Error during tarball extraction.",
         opts = {
           args = {
-            "-xvf",
+            "-xvfz",
             project_name .. ".tar.gz",
             "-C",
             project_name .. "-tmp",