diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 815949767..c954b7e21 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -596,8 +596,10 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	unsigned short extract_function = 0;
 	int include_list_count = 0;
 	int exclude_list_count = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP
 	int gunzip_pid;
 	int gz_fd = 0;
+#endif
 
 	if (argc < 2) {
 		show_usage();