diff --git a/src/fetchers/tarball-fetcher.js b/src/fetchers/tarball-fetcher.js
index 8d1a452262..c06cc1101e 100644
--- a/src/fetchers/tarball-fetcher.js
+++ b/src/fetchers/tarball-fetcher.js
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ export default class TarballFetcher extends BaseFetcher {
       chown: false, // don't chown. just leave as it is
       map: header => {
         header.mtime = now;
+        if (header.linkname) {
+          const basePath = path.posix.dirname(path.join('/', header.name));
+          const jailPath = path.posix.join(basePath, header.linkname);
+          header.linkname = path.posix.relative('/', jailPath);
+        }
         return header;
       },
       fs: patchedFs,