Index: uspace/app/untar/main.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/app/untar/main.c	(revision 6afc9d780e775e54c1cfb5d3c57fb749979b18d2)
+++ uspace/app/untar/main.c	(revision ce04ea446ae259288dc1f51ca1fdcc70dd74d6bb)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <str_error.h>
+#include <vfs/vfs.h>
 #include "tar.h"
 
@@ -103,9 +103,12 @@
 static int handle_directory(const tar_header_t *header, FILE *tarfile)
 {
-	if (mkdir(header->filename, 0755) != 0) {
-		if (errno != EEXIST) {
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = vfs_link_path(header->filename, KIND_DIRECTORY);
+	if (rc != EOK) {
+		if (rc != EEXIST) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create directory %s: %s.\n",
-			    header->filename, str_error(errno));
-			return errno;
+			    header->filename, str_error(rc));
+			return rc;
 		}
 	}