diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive.go b/pkg/archive/archive.go
index 2bcac9e78..9da00b1d2 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/archive/gzip"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/archive/tar"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/archive/targz"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/archive/tarxz"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/archive/zip"
@@ -32,5 +33,8 @@ func New(file *os.File) Archive {
 	if strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".zip") {
 		return zip.New(file)
 	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".tar") {
+		return tar.New(file)
+	}
 	return targz.New(file)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_test.go b/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
index feb2aebe6..6de1a02a4 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestArchive(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, empty.Close())
 	require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(folder+"/folder-inside", 0o755))
 
-	for _, format := range []string{"tar.gz", "zip", "gz", "tar.xz", "willbeatargzanyway"} {
+	for _, format := range []string{"tar.gz", "zip", "gz", "tar.xz", "tar", "willbeatargzanyway"} {
 		format := format
 		t.Run(format, func(t *testing.T) {
 			file, err := os.Create(folder + "/folder." + format)
diff --git a/pkg/archive/testdata/badlink.txt b/pkg/archive/testdata/badlink.txt
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..35b629a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/archive/testdata/badlink.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+regular3.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/archive/testdata/regular.txt b/pkg/archive/testdata/regular.txt
index e69de29bb..fa4665e97 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/testdata/regular.txt
+++ b/pkg/archive/testdata/regular.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+regular file
diff --git a/www/docs/customization/archive.md b/www/docs/customization/archive.md
index ea3fcf38b..6da7aef8a 100644
--- a/www/docs/customization/archive.md
+++ b/www/docs/customization/archive.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ archives:
     builds:
     - default
 
-    # Archive format. Valid options are `tar.gz`, `tar.xz`, `gz`, `zip` and `binary`.
+    # Archive format. Valid options are `tar.gz`, `tar.xz`, `tar`, `gz`, `zip` and `binary`.
     # If format is `binary`, no archives are created and the binaries are instead
     # uploaded directly.
     # Default is `tar.gz`.