diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/TarDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/TarDownloader.php
index 0429a4232..c9ea449f8 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/TarDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/TarDownloader.php
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ class TarDownloader extends ArchiveDownloader
     {
         // Can throw an UnexpectedValueException
         $archive = new \PharData($file);
-        $archive->extractTo($path);
+        $archive->extractTo($path, null, true);
     }
 }