1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/international/mule-conf.el b/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
index 4be3916b454..87b792a3de1 100644
--- a/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
@@ -283,11 +283,12 @@
 
 ;; Setting coding system `undecided' for reading any files.  Though,
 ;; compiled Emacs Lisp files (*.elc) should never be decoded nor
-;; encoded.
+;; encoded.  tar files too.
 
 (setq file-coding-system-alist
       '(("\\.elc$" . (no-conversion . no-conversion))
         ("loaddefs.el$" . (no-conversion . no-conversion))
+        ("\\.tar$" . (no-conversion . no-conversion))
         ("" . (undecided . nil))))