diff --git a/lib/functions.zsh b/lib/functions.zsh
index dfcc4d961..6e1faa6aa 100644
--- a/lib/functions.zsh
+++ b/lib/functions.zsh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function takegit() {
 }
 
 function take() {
-  if [[ $1 =~ ^(https?|ftp).*\.tar\.(gz|bz2|xz)$ ]]; then
+  if [[ $1 =~ ^(https?|ftp).*\.(tar\.(gz|bz2|xz)|tgz)$ ]]; then
     takeurl "$1"
   elif [[ $1 =~ ^([A-Za-z0-9]\+@|https?|git|ssh|ftps?|rsync).*\.git/?$ ]]; then
     takegit "$1"