diff --git a/bin/untar.c b/bin/untar.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ad9caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/untar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <hio-tar.h>
+#include <hio-utl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+
+int main (int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+	hio_t* hio;
+
+	if (argc != 2)
+	{
+		fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s <filename>\n", hio_get_base_name_bcstr(argv[0]));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	hio = hio_open(HIO_NULL, 0, HIO_NULL, HIO_FEATURE_ALL, 512, HIO_NULL);
+	if (!hio)
+	{
+		fprintf (stderr, "Error: unable to open hio\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	hio_extract_tar(hio, argv[1]);
+
+	hio_close (hio);
+	return 0;
+}
+