diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py b/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py
index da86339..5d525eb 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from raven import Client
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 
 from .shared import HTMLStripper, sanitizeTrace, walkLevel, subprocess_run
-from .comicarchive import SEVENZIP, available_archive_tools
+from .comicarchive import SEVENZIP, TAR, available_archive_tools
 from . import __version__
 from . import comic2ebook
 from . import metadata
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ class KCCGUI(KCC_ui.Ui_mainWindow):
                             '<a href="https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc/wiki/Important-tips">important tips</a>.',
                             'info')
         
-        self.tar = 'tar' in available_archive_tools()
+        self.tar = TAR in available_archive_tools()
         self.sevenzip = SEVENZIP in available_archive_tools()
         if not any([self.tar, self.sevenzip]):
             self.addMessage('<a href="https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc#7-zip">Install 7z (link)</a>'
diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py b/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
index f3b6caa..0acfc76 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from .shared import IMAGE_TYPES, subprocess_run
 
 EXTRACTION_ERROR = 'Failed to extract archive. Try extracting file outside of KCC.'
 SEVENZIP = '7zz' if platform.system() == 'Darwin' else '7z'
+TAR = 'bsdtar' if platform.system() == 'Linux' else 'tar'
 
 
 class ComicArchive:
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class ComicArchive:
         missing = []
 
         extraction_commands = [
-            ['tar', '--exclude', '__MACOSX', '--exclude', '.DS_Store', '--exclude', 'thumbs.db', '--exclude', 'Thumbs.db', '-xf', self.basename, '-C', targetdir],
+            [TAR, '--exclude', '__MACOSX', '--exclude', '.DS_Store', '--exclude', 'thumbs.db', '--exclude', 'Thumbs.db', '-xf', self.basename, '-C', targetdir],
             [SEVENZIP, 'x', '-y', '-xr!__MACOSX', '-xr!.DS_Store', '-xr!thumbs.db', '-xr!Thumbs.db', '-o' + targetdir, self.basename],
         ]
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class ComicArchive:
 def available_archive_tools():
     available = []
 
-    for tool in ['tar', SEVENZIP, 'unar', 'unrar']:
+    for tool in [TAR, SEVENZIP, 'unar', 'unrar']:
         try:
             subprocess_run([tool], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
             available.append(tool)