diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index f5120de..4b7267c 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 let
   composerEnv = import ./src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib writeTextFile fetchurl unzip;
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib writeTextFile fetchurl unzip libarchive;
     inherit php phpPackages;
   };
 in
diff --git a/src/Composer2Nix/Expressions/CompositionExpression.php b/src/Composer2Nix/Expressions/CompositionExpression.php
index 15e5cca..d3a1e61 100644
--- a/src/Composer2Nix/Expressions/CompositionExpression.php
+++ b/src/Composer2Nix/Expressions/CompositionExpression.php
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class CompositionExpression extends NixASTNode
 				"lib" => new NixInherit("pkgs"),
 				"writeTextFile" => new NixInherit("pkgs"),
 				"fetchurl" => new NixInherit("pkgs"),
-				"unzip" => new NixInherit("pkgs"),
+                "unzip" => new NixInherit("pkgs"),
+                "libarchive" => new NixInherit("pkgs"),
 				"php" => new NixInherit(),
 				"phpPackages" => new NixInherit()
 			))
diff --git a/src/Composer2Nix/Sources/Source.php b/src/Composer2Nix/Sources/Source.php
index ecf85c5..81fb77f 100644
--- a/src/Composer2Nix/Sources/Source.php
+++ b/src/Composer2Nix/Sources/Source.php
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ abstract class Source extends NixASTNode
 			case "path":
 				return new PathSource($package, $sourceObj);
 			case "zip":
-				return new ZipSource($package, $sourceObj);
+                return new ZipSource($package, $sourceObj);
+            case "tar":
+                return new TarSource($package, $sourceObj);
 			case "git":
 				return new GitSource($package, $sourceObj);
 			case "hg":
diff --git a/src/Composer2Nix/Sources/TarSource.php b/src/Composer2Nix/Sources/TarSource.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aa7162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Composer2Nix/Sources/TarSource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+namespace Composer2Nix\Sources;
+use Exception;
+use PNDP\NixGenerator;
+use PNDP\AST\NixExpression;
+use PNDP\AST\NixFile;
+use PNDP\AST\NixFunInvocation;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a Tar package source.
+ */
+class TarSource extends Source
+{
+	/* Contains a SHA1 reference to the corresponding Git revision */
+	public string $reference;
+
+	/** Stores the output hash of the download */
+	public string $hash;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a new Tar dependency instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param $package An array of package configuration properties
+	 * @param $sourceObj An array of download properties
+	 */
+	public function __construct(array $package, array $sourceObj)
+	{
+		parent::__construct($package, $sourceObj);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see Source::fetch()
+	 */
+	public function fetch(): void
+	{
+        $this->reference = "";
+
+		if(substr($this->sourceObj["url"], 0, 7) === "http://" || substr($this->sourceObj["url"], 0, 8) === "https://")
+		{
+			$this->hash = shell_exec('nix-prefetch-url "'.$this->sourceObj['url'].'"');
+
+			if($this->hash === false)
+				throw new Exception("Error while invoking nix-prefetch-url");
+		}
+		else
+			$this->hash = null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see NixASTNode::toNixAST()
+	 */
+	public function toNixAST()
+	{
+		$ast = parent::toNixAST();
+
+		if($this->hash === null)
+			$src = new NixFile($this->sourceObj['url']);
+		else
+		{
+			$src = new NixFunInvocation(new NixFile("fetchurl"), array(
+				"url" => $this->sourceObj["url"],
+				"sha256" => substr($this->hash, 0, -1)
+			));
+		}
+
+		$ast["src"] = new NixFunInvocation(new NixExpression("composerEnv.buildTarPackage"), array(
+			"name" => strtr($this->package["name"], "/", "-").$this->reference,
+			"src" => $src
+		));
+
+		return $ast;
+	}
+}
+?>
diff --git a/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix b/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix
index 71714b7..ad1d206 100644
--- a/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix
+++ b/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file originates from composer2nix
 
-{ stdenv, lib, writeTextFile, fetchurl, php, unzip, phpPackages }:
+{ stdenv, lib, writeTextFile, fetchurl, php, unzip, phpPackages, libarchive }:
 
 let
   inherit (phpPackages) composer;
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ let
         mv * $out
       '';
     };
+  
+  buildTarPackage = { name, src }:
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      inherit name src;
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ libarchive ];
+      buildCommand = ''
+        shopt -s dotglob
+        bsdtar -xf $src
+        baseDir=$(find . -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1)
+        cd $baseDir
+        mkdir -p $out
+        mv * $out
+      '';
+    };
 
   buildPackage =
     { name
@@ -240,5 +254,6 @@ in
   inherit filterSrc;
   composer = lib.makeOverridable composer;
   buildZipPackage = lib.makeOverridable buildZipPackage;
+  buildTarPackage = lib.makeOverridable buildTarPackage;
   buildPackage = lib.makeOverridable buildPackage;
 }