diff --git a/network/elinks/elinks.SlackBuild b/network/elinks/elinks.SlackBuild
index 86232118d4..b402bed806 100644
--- a/network/elinks/elinks.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/elinks/elinks.SlackBuild
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$COMMIT
-tar xvf $CWD/$COMMIT.tar.?z
+tar xvf $CWD/$COMMIT.tar.?z || tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$COMMIT.tar.?z
 cd $PRGNAM-$COMMIT
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \