diff --git a/src/etc/rustup.sh b/src/etc/rustup.sh
index b610bc65b09c..db58a647a8a8 100755
--- a/src/etc/rustup.sh
+++ b/src/etc/rustup.sh
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ install_package() {
     install_script="$2"
 
     msg "Extracting ${tarball_name}"
-    (cd "${CFG_TMP_DIR}" && "${CFG_TAR}" -xvf "${tarball_name}")
+    (cd "${CFG_TMP_DIR}" && "${CFG_TAR}" -xzf "${tarball_name}")
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         rm -Rf "${CFG_TMP_DIR}"
         err "failed to unpack installer"