diff --git a/lib/rex.rb b/lib/rex.rb
index 1fdc65adc7..a59bd4bd4d 100644
--- a/lib/rex.rb
+++ b/lib/rex.rb
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ require 'rex/text'
 require 'rex/random_identifier'
 # library for creating Powershell scripts for exploitation purposes
 require 'rex/powershell'
-# Library for processing and creating Zip compatbile archives
+# Library for processing and creating Zip compatible archives
 require 'rex/zip'
+# Library for processing and creating tar compatible archives (not really a gem)
+require 'rex/tar'
 # Library for parsing offline Windows Registry files
 require 'rex/registry'
 # Library for parsing Java serialized streams
diff --git a/lib/rex/tar.rb b/lib/rex/tar.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42d3f326b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rex/tar.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding: binary -*-
+
+require 'rubygems/package'
+
+module Rex::Tar
+  class Reader < Gem::Package::TarReader; end
+  class Writer < Gem::Package::TarWriter; end
+end