diff --git a/libtar/extract.c b/libtar/extract.c
index 8081aa2..d9ab788 100644
--- a/libtar/extract.c
+++ b/libtar/extract.c
@@ -159,11 +159,14 @@
 	if((t->options & TAR_STORE_SELINUX) && t->th_buf.selinux_context != NULL)
 	{
 #ifdef DEBUG
-		printf("    Restoring SELinux context %s to file %s\n", t->th_buf.selinux_context, realname);
+		printf("   Restoring SELinux context %s to file %s\n", t->th_buf.selinux_context, realname);
 #endif
 		if (lsetfilecon(realname, t->th_buf.selinux_context) < 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to restore SELinux context %s!\n", strerror(errno));
 		}
+		if (lsetfilecon(dirname(realname), t->th_buf.selinux_context) < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to restore SELinux context %s!\n", strerror(errno));
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libtar/wrapper.c b/libtar/wrapper.c
index dab7e00..708c845 100644
--- a/libtar/wrapper.c
+++ b/libtar/wrapper.c
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@
 		       "\"%s\")\n", buf);
 #endif
 		printf("item name: '%s'\n", filename);
-		/*
-		if (strcmp(filename, "/") == 0) {
-			printf("skipping /\n");
-			continue;
-		}
-		*/
 		if (tar_extract_file(t, buf, prefix) != 0)
 			return -1;
 	}