diff --git a/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
index bac4b007ce6..a9f1cda520c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ fi
 do_extract() {
 	# We have to do this dance because the real distfile is
 	# included in the .tar archive.
-	tar xf $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/$(basename $distfiles) -C $wrksrc
-	tar xfz $wrksrc/krb5-$version.tar.gz -C $XBPS_BUILDDIR
+	tar xf $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/${pkgname}-${version}/$(basename $distfiles) -O krb5-$version.tar.gz | \
+		tar xz -C $XBPS_BUILDDIR
 	# Fix db plugin.
 	sed -i -e "s|<db.h>|<db_185.h>|" $wrksrc/src/plugins/kdb/db2/*.[ch]
 }