diff --git a/profiles/base/build.sh b/profiles/base/build.sh
index 08a4c50..c769bd2 100755
--- a/profiles/base/build.sh
+++ b/profiles/base/build.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ for (( i=0; i<${#package_names[@]}; i++ )); do
 		printf "%b\n" "$error_message"
 		die "downloading package failed"
 	fi
+	printf "Extracting %s " "${package_names[$i]}"
+	printf "v%s... " "${package_versions[$i]}"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2001 disable=SC2086
+	tarball_location="$(echo ${package_sources[$i]} | sed 's@.*/@@')"
+	if eval tar -C tmp -xf "tmp/$tarball_location"; then
+		printf "%b\n" "$success_message"
+	else
+	printf "%b\n" "$error_message"
+	die "extracting package failed"
+fi
 done
 printf "\n"