diff --git a/internal/pkg/tar.go b/internal/pkg/tar.go
index f1861edd..60b23e81 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/tar.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/tar.go
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ func (a *tarArtifact) Cure(t *TContext) (err error) {
 			}
 			break
 
+		case tar.TypeChar:
+			t.GetMessage().Verbosef(
+				"skipping character device %d, %d %q",
+				header.Devmajor, header.Devminor, header.Name,
+			)
+			continue
+
 		case tar.TypeXGlobalHeader:
 			continue // ignore