diff --git a/internal/deb/extract.go b/internal/deb/extract.go
index e502a952..91065860 100644
--- a/internal/deb/extract.go
+++ b/internal/deb/extract.go
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func extractData(pkgReader io.ReadSeeker, options *ExtractOptions) error {
 			pendingPaths:   pendingPaths,
 		}
 
-		err = handlePendingHardLinks(extractHardLinkOptions)
+		err = extractHardLinks(extractHardLinkOptions)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ type extractHardLinkOptions struct {
 	pendingPaths   map[string]bool
 }
 
-func handlePendingHardLinks(opts *extractHardLinkOptions) error {
+func extractHardLinks(opts *extractHardLinkOptions) error {
 	for {
 		tarHeader, err := opts.tarReader.Next()
 		if err == io.EOF {
diff --git a/internal/deb/extract_test.go b/internal/deb/extract_test.go
index 1f0828b0..0cc6c349 100644
--- a/internal/deb/extract_test.go
+++ b/internal/deb/extract_test.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ var extractTests = []extractTest{{
 	},
 	error: `cannot extract from package "test-package": path /dir/ requested twice with diverging mode: 0777 != 0000`,
 }, {
-	summary: "Hard link is inflated with the target file",
+	summary: "Hard link is linked to the target file",
 	pkgdata: testutil.MustMakeDeb([]testutil.TarEntry{
 		testutil.Dir(0755, "./"),
 		testutil.Reg(0644, "./file", "text for file"),
@@ -363,15 +363,39 @@ var extractTests = []extractTest{{
 	}),
 	options: deb.ExtractOptions{
 		Extract: map[string][]deb.ExtractInfo{
+			"/file": []deb.ExtractInfo{{
+				Path: "/file",
+			}},
 			"/hardlink": []deb.ExtractInfo{{
 				Path: "/hardlink",
 			}},
 		},
 	},
 	result: map[string]string{
+		"/file":     "file 0644 28121945",
 		"/hardlink": "file 0644 28121945",
 	},
 	notCreated: []string{},
+}, {
+	summary: "Hard link is inflated with the target file",
+	pkgdata: testutil.MustMakeDeb([]testutil.TarEntry{
+		testutil.Dir(0755, "./"),
+		testutil.Reg(0644, "./file", "text for file"),
+		testutil.Hln(0644, "./hardlink1", "./file"),
+		testutil.Hln(0644, "./hardlink2", "./file"),
+	}),
+	options: deb.ExtractOptions{
+		Extract: map[string][]deb.ExtractInfo{
+			"/hardlink*": []deb.ExtractInfo{{
+				Path: "/hardlink*",
+			}},
+		},
+	},
+	result: map[string]string{
+		"/hardlink1": "file 0644 28121945",
+		"/hardlink2": "file 0644 28121945",
+	},
+	notCreated: []string{},
 }, {
 	summary: "Dangling hard link",
 	pkgdata: testutil.MustMakeDeb([]testutil.TarEntry{
@@ -405,29 +429,6 @@ var extractTests = []extractTest{{
 		"/symlink":  "symlink ./file",
 	},
 	notCreated: []string{},
-}, {
-	summary: "Extract all types of files",
-	pkgdata: testutil.MustMakeDeb([]testutil.TarEntry{
-		testutil.Dir(0755, "./"),
-		testutil.Dir(0755, "./dir/"),
-		testutil.Reg(0644, "./dir/file", "text for file"),
-		testutil.Lnk(0644, "./symlink", "./dir/file"),
-		testutil.Hln(0644, "./hardlink", "./dir/file"),
-	}),
-	options: deb.ExtractOptions{
-		Extract: map[string][]deb.ExtractInfo{
-			"/**": []deb.ExtractInfo{{
-				Path: "/**",
-			}},
-		},
-	},
-	result: map[string]string{
-		"/dir/":     "dir 0755",
-		"/dir/file": "file 0644 28121945",
-		"/hardlink": "file 0644 28121945",
-		"/symlink":  "symlink ./dir/file",
-	},
-	notCreated: []string{},
 }, {
 	summary: "Explicit extraction overrides existing file",
 	pkgdata: testutil.PackageData["test-package"],
diff --git a/internal/fsutil/create_test.go b/internal/fsutil/create_test.go
index 6db27bd0..c4f22e8f 100644
--- a/internal/fsutil/create_test.go
+++ b/internal/fsutil/create_test.go
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ func (s *S) TestCreate(c *C) {
 		// [fsutil.Create] does not return information about parent directories
 		// created implicitly. We only check for the requested path.
 		if entry.Link != "" && entry.Mode&fs.ModeSymlink == 0 {
-			// Entry is a hard link.
+			// Entry is a hard link. We should test it differently to ensure
+			// that it produces a hard link indeed.
 			pathInfo, err := os.Lstat(entry.Path)
 			c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 			linkInfo, err := os.Lstat(entry.Link)
diff --git a/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go b/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go
index 01b2ec11..6b4f8011 100644
--- a/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go
+++ b/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go
@@ -1653,7 +1653,8 @@ var slicerTests = []slicerTest{{
 		"/hardlink2.txt":     "file 0644 dcddda2e <2> {test-package_myslice}",
 	},
 }, {
-	summary: "Symlink is a valid hard link base file", slices: []setup.SliceKey{
+	summary: "Symlink is a valid hard link base file",
+	slices: []setup.SliceKey{
 		{"test-package", "myslice"}},
 	pkgs: []*testutil.TestPackage{{
 		Name: "test-package",
@@ -1683,6 +1684,60 @@ var slicerTests = []slicerTest{{
 		"/symlink":  "symlink ./dir/file <1> {test-package_myslice}",
 		"/hardlink": "symlink ./dir/file <1> {test-package_myslice}",
 	},
+}, {
+	summary: "Hard link IDs are unique to multiple packages",
+	slices: []setup.SliceKey{
+		{"test-package1", "myslice"},
+		{"test-package2", "myslice"},
+	},
+	pkgs: []*testutil.TestPackage{{
+		Name: "test-package1",
+		Data: testutil.MustMakeDeb([]testutil.TarEntry{
+			testutil.Dir(0755, "./"),
+			testutil.Dir(0755, "./dir/"),
+			testutil.Reg(0644, "./dir/file1", "text for file"),
+			testutil.Hln(0644, "./hardlink1", "./dir/file1"),
+		}),
+	}, {
+		Name: "test-package2",
+		Data: testutil.MustMakeDeb([]testutil.TarEntry{
+			testutil.Dir(0755, "./"),
+			testutil.Dir(0755, "./dir/"),
+			testutil.Reg(0644, "./dir/file2", "text for file"),
+			testutil.Hln(0644, "./hardlink2", "./dir/file2"),
+		}),
+	}},
+	release: map[string]string{
+		"slices/mydir/test-package1.yaml": `
+			package: test-package1
+			slices:
+				myslice:
+					contents:
+						/dir/file1:
+						/hardlink1:
+		`,
+		"slices/mydir/test-package2.yaml": `
+			package: test-package2
+			slices:
+				myslice:
+					contents:
+						/dir/file2:
+						/hardlink2:
+		`,
+	},
+	filesystem: map[string]string{
+		"/dir/":      "dir 0755",
+		"/dir/file1": "file 0644 28121945",
+		"/hardlink1": "file 0644 28121945",
+		"/dir/file2": "file 0644 28121945",
+		"/hardlink2": "file 0644 28121945",
+	},
+	manifestPaths: map[string]string{
+		"/dir/file1": "file 0644 28121945 <1> {test-package1_myslice}",
+		"/hardlink1": "file 0644 28121945 <1> {test-package1_myslice}",
+		"/dir/file2": "file 0644 28121945 <2> {test-package2_myslice}",
+		"/hardlink2": "file 0644 28121945 <2> {test-package2_myslice}",
+	},
 }}
 
 var defaultChiselYaml = `
diff --git a/internal/testutil/treedump.go b/internal/testutil/treedump.go
index e4dee2d4..86fbd429 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/treedump.go
+++ b/internal/testutil/treedump.go
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ func TreeDumpEntry(entry *fsutil.Entry) string {
 	case fs.ModeSymlink:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("symlink %s", entry.Link)
 	case 0:
-		// Hard link.
-		if entry.Link != "" {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("hardlink %s", entry.Link)
-		}
 		// Regular file.
 		if entry.Size == 0 {
 			return fmt.Sprintf("file %#o empty", entry.Mode.Perm())