diff --git a/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh b/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh
index 513950f33..88d8b0740 100644
--- a/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ EOF
     local file="$1" full_path="${1:A}"
     local extract_dir="${1:t:r}"
 
+    # Remove the .tar extension if the file name is .tar.*
+    if [[ $extract_dir =~ '\.tar$' ]]; then
+      extract_dir="${extract_dir:r}"
+    fi
+
     # If there's a file or directory with the same name as the archive
     # add a random string to the end of the extract directory
     if [[ -e "$extract_dir" ]]; then