1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/archive_util.py b/setuptools/archive_util.py
index b6411cc5..a1960be8 100755
--- a/setuptools/archive_util.py
+++ b/setuptools/archive_util.py
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ def unpack_tarfile(filename, extract_dir, progress_filter=default_filter):
         tarobj.chown = lambda *args: None
         for member in tarobj:
             name = member.name
+            if isinstance(name, bytes):
+                name = name.decode(tarfile.ENCODING)
             # don't extract absolute paths or ones with .. in them
             if not name.startswith('/') and '..' not in name.split('/'):
                 prelim_dst = os.path.join(extract_dir, *name.split('/'))