diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 4d68255..1b7ab95 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int _alpm_lckrm()
  */
 int _alpm_unpack(const char *archive, const char *prefix, const char *fn)
 {
-	int ret = 1;
+	int ret = 0;
 	mode_t oldmask;
 	struct archive *_archive;
 	struct archive_entry *entry;
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int _alpm_unpack(const char *archive, const char *prefix, const char *fn)
 
 		st = archive_entry_stat(entry);
 		entryname = archive_entry_pathname(entry);
-		
+
 		if(S_ISREG(st->st_mode)) {
 			archive_entry_set_mode(entry, 0644);
 		} else if(S_ISDIR(st->st_mode)) {
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ int _alpm_unpack(const char *archive, const char *prefix, const char *fn)
 		}
 
 		/* If a specific file was requested skip entries that don't match. */
-		if (fn && strcmp(fn, entryname)) {
+		if(!strcmp("./", entryname) || (fn && strcmp(fn, entryname))) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "skipping: %s\n", entryname);
 			if (archive_read_data_skip(_archive) != ARCHIVE_OK) {
 				ret = 1;
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ int _alpm_unpack(const char *archive, const char *prefix, const char *fn)
 		}
 
 		/* Extract the archive entry. */
-		ret = 0;
 		snprintf(expath, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", prefix, entryname);
 		archive_entry_set_pathname(entry, expath);