5 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff38d72f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar.bz2 b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15f47ca179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar.bz2
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar.gz b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b5ba7eda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.tar.gz
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.zip b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8437c1ac03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/archives/leadpath_foobar.zip
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
index f00f25e855..6f1b66b14b 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class ArchiveTester(object):
         self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, self.tmpdir)
         self.archive_path = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, self.archive)
+        self.archive_lead_path = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, "leadpath_%s" % self.archive)
         # Always start off in TEST_DIR.
         os.chdir(TEST_DIR)
 
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ class ArchiveTester(object):
         extract(self.archive_path, self.tmpdir)
         self.check_files(self.tmpdir)
 
+    def test_extract_function_with_leadpath(self):
+        extract(self.archive_lead_path, self.tmpdir)
+        self.check_files(self.tmpdir)
+
     def test_extract_function_no_to_path(self):
         os.chdir(self.tmpdir)
         extract(self.archive_path)