diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
index fc2d77ce..0a9228fe 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
@@ -1375,6 +1375,7 @@ async fn restore(param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
                 pxar::decoder::Decoder::from_std(reader)?,
                 Path::new(target),
                 &[],
+                true,
                 proxmox_backup::pxar::Flags::DEFAULT,
                 allow_existing_dirs,
                 |path| {
diff --git a/src/bin/pxar.rs b/src/bin/pxar.rs
index ecd61f11..a3951bb9 100644
--- a/src/bin/pxar.rs
+++ b/src/bin/pxar.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ fn extract_archive_from_reader<R: std::io::Read>(
     allow_existing_dirs: bool,
     verbose: bool,
     match_list: &[MatchEntry],
+    extract_match_default: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     proxmox_backup::pxar::extract_archive(
         pxar::decoder::Decoder::from_std(reader)?,
         Path::new(target),
         &match_list,
+        extract_match_default,
         feature_flags,
         allow_existing_dirs,
         |path| {
@@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ fn extract_archive(
         );
     }
 
+    let extract_match_default = match_list.is_empty();
+
     if archive == "-" {
         let stdin = std::io::stdin();
         let mut reader = stdin.lock();
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ fn extract_archive(
             allow_existing_dirs,
             verbose,
             &match_list,
+            extract_match_default,
         )?;
     } else {
         if verbose {
@@ -186,6 +191,7 @@ fn extract_archive(
             allow_existing_dirs,
             verbose,
             &match_list,
+            extract_match_default,
         )?;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/pxar/extract.rs b/src/pxar/extract.rs
index 8581a8c0..4a2993a0 100644
--- a/src/pxar/extract.rs
+++ b/src/pxar/extract.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub fn extract_archive<T, F>(
     mut decoder: pxar::decoder::Decoder<T>,
     destination: &Path,
     match_list: &[MatchEntry],
+    extract_match_default: bool,
     feature_flags: Flags,
     allow_existing_dirs: bool,
     mut callback: F,
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ where
     );
 
     let mut match_stack = Vec::new();
-    let mut current_match = true;
+    let mut current_match = extract_match_default;
     while let Some(entry) = decoder.next() {
         use pxar::EntryKind;