diff --git a/internal/bindown/extract.go b/internal/bindown/extract.go
index a74901f..7846cb7 100644
--- a/internal/bindown/extract.go
+++ b/internal/bindown/extract.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package bindown
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mholt/archiver/v3"
 	"github.com/willabides/bindown/v4/internal/cache"
@@ -55,9 +56,20 @@ func extract(archivePath, extractDir string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	tarPath := filepath.Join(downloadDir, dlName)
-	_, err = archiver.ByExtension(dlName)
+	byExt, err := archiver.ByExtension(dlName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return copyFile(tarPath, filepath.Join(extractDir, dlName))
 	}
-	return archiver.Unarchive(tarPath, extractDir)
+	switch x := byExt.(type) {
+	case archiver.Unarchiver:
+		return x.Unarchive(tarPath, extractDir)
+	case archiver.Decompressor:
+		dest := filepath.Join(
+			extractDir,
+			strings.TrimSuffix(dlName, filepath.Ext(dlName)),
+		)
+		return archiver.FileCompressor{Decompressor: x}.DecompressFile(tarPath, dest)
+	default:
+		return copyFile(tarPath, filepath.Join(extractDir, dlName))
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/builddep/builddep.go b/internal/builddep/builddep.go
index 85b0eb9..d8d385a 100644
--- a/internal/builddep/builddep.go
+++ b/internal/builddep/builddep.go
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ var archiveSuffixes = []string{
 	".tzst",
 	".rar",
 	".zip",
+}
+
+var compressSuffixes = []string{
 	".br",
 	".gz",
 	".bz2",
@@ -278,6 +281,7 @@ func parseDownload(dlURL, version string, systems []bindown.System) (*dlFile, bo
 		return nil, false
 	}
 	isArchive := false
+	isCompress := false
 	suffix := ""
 	for _, s := range archiveSuffixes {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(dlURL, s) {
@@ -286,6 +290,15 @@ func parseDownload(dlURL, version string, systems []bindown.System) (*dlFile, bo
 			break
 		}
 	}
+	if !isArchive {
+		for _, s := range compressSuffixes {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(dlURL, s) {
+				suffix = s
+				isCompress = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	if strings.HasSuffix(dlURL, ".exe") {
 		suffix = ".exe"
 	}
@@ -301,13 +314,14 @@ func parseDownload(dlURL, version string, systems []bindown.System) (*dlFile, bo
 		priority += archSub.priority
 	}
 	return &dlFile{
-		origUrl:   dlURL,
-		url:       tmpl,
-		osSub:     osSub,
-		archSub:   archSub,
-		suffix:    suffix,
-		isArchive: isArchive,
-		priority:  priority,
+		origUrl:    dlURL,
+		url:        tmpl,
+		osSub:      osSub,
+		archSub:    archSub,
+		suffix:     suffix,
+		isArchive:  isArchive,
+		isCompress: isCompress,
+		priority:   priority,
 	}, true
 }
 
@@ -361,24 +375,35 @@ func parseDownloads(dlUrls []string, binName, version string, allowedSystems []b
 		if len(systemFiles[system]) == 1 {
 			continue
 		}
-		// prefer archives
-		slices.SortFunc(systemFiles[system], func(a, b *dlFile) bool {
-			return a.isArchive && !b.isArchive
-		})
-		cutOff = slices.IndexFunc(systemFiles[system], func(f *dlFile) bool {
-			return !f.isArchive
-		})
-		if cutOff != -1 {
-			systemFiles[system] = systemFiles[system][:cutOff]
+		// prefer archives then compresses
+		var archiveSystems, compressSystems, plainSystems []*dlFile
+		for _, file := range systemFiles[system] {
+			switch {
+			case file.isArchive:
+				archiveSystems = append(archiveSystems, file)
+			case file.isCompress:
+				compressSystems = append(compressSystems, file)
+			default:
+				plainSystems = append(plainSystems, file)
+			}
 		}
-		if len(systemFiles[system]) == 1 {
-			continue
+		var sf []*dlFile
+		switch {
+		case len(archiveSystems) > 0:
+			sf = archiveSystems
+		case len(compressSystems) > 0:
+			sf = compressSystems
+		default:
+			sf = plainSystems
+		}
+		if len(sf) < 2 {
+			systemFiles[system] = sf
 		}
 		// now arbitrarily pick the first one alphabetically by origUrl
-		slices.SortFunc(systemFiles[system], func(a, b *dlFile) bool {
+		slices.SortFunc(sf, func(a, b *dlFile) bool {
 			return a.origUrl < b.origUrl
 		})
-		systemFiles[system] = systemFiles[system][:1]
+		systemFiles[system] = sf[:1]
 	}
 
 	templates := maps.Keys(urlFrequency)
diff --git a/internal/builddep/depgroup.go b/internal/builddep/depgroup.go
index 2c6722d..edfbe9d 100644
--- a/internal/builddep/depgroup.go
+++ b/internal/builddep/depgroup.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (g *depGroup) regroupByArchivePath(ctx context.Context, binName, version st
 		return []*depGroup{gr}, nil
 	}
 	// trust that if the first isn't an archive, none of them are
-	if !gr.files[0].isArchive {
+	if !gr.files[0].isArchive && !gr.files[0].isCompress {
 		gr.archivePath = path.Base(gr.files[0].url)
 		return []*depGroup{gr}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/internal/builddep/dlfile.go b/internal/builddep/dlfile.go
index a454bd4..5ff86c0 100644
--- a/internal/builddep/dlfile.go
+++ b/internal/builddep/dlfile.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type dlFile struct {
 	archSub      *systemSub
 	suffix       string
 	isArchive    bool
+	isCompress   bool
 	priority     int
 	archiveFiles []*archiveFile
 	checksum     string
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func (f *dlFile) clone() *dlFile {
 }
 
 func (f *dlFile) setArchiveFiles(ctx context.Context, binName, version string) error {
-	if !f.isArchive {
+	if !f.isArchive && !f.isCompress {
 		return nil
 	}
 	parsedUrl, err := url.Parse(f.origUrl)
@@ -53,6 +54,18 @@ func (f *dlFile) setArchiveFiles(ctx context.Context, binName, version string) e
 		return err
 	}
 	filename := path.Base(parsedUrl.EscapedPath())
+	if f.isCompress {
+		f.archiveFiles = []*archiveFile{parseArchiveFile(
+			strings.TrimSuffix(filename, f.suffix),
+			binName,
+			f.osSub.val,
+			f.archSub.val,
+			version,
+			true,
+		)}
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, f.origUrl, http.NoBody)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err