diff --git a/libtar/extract.c b/libtar/extract.c
index d19ba85..8081aa2 100644
--- a/libtar/extract.c
+++ b/libtar/extract.c
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		printf("    Restoring SELinux context %s to file %s\n", t->th_buf.selinux_context, realname);
 #endif
-		if(setfilecon(realname, t->th_buf.selinux_context) < 0)
+		if (lsetfilecon(realname, t->th_buf.selinux_context) < 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to restore SELinux context %s!\n", strerror(errno));
+		}
 	}
 #endif