diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index db0dba68..53368b47 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static int perform_extraction(alpm_handle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
 	                          ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_PERM |
 	                          ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME |
 	                          ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_UNLINK |
+	                          ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_XATTR |
 	                          ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_SYMLINKS;
 
 	archive_entry_set_pathname(entry, filename);