diff --git a/dpkg_deb.c b/dpkg_deb.c
index 6653f2a..3bec8cf 100644
--- a/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	int opt = 0;
 	int optflag = 0;	
 	
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "cexXl")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "cetXxl")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 			case 'c':
 				optflag |= extract_contents;
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 			case 'e':
 				optflag |= extract_control;
 				break;
+			case 't':
+				optflag |= extract_fsys_tarfile;
+				break;
 			case 'X':
 				optflag |= extract_verbose_extract;
 				break;