diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons b/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
index 428f08c273..463338ef45 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ for addon in ${ADDONS_DIR}/*.*/ ; do
     if [[ "$VERSION_INFO" =~ .zip$ ]] ; then
       # version referenced by githash
       RETRO_NEW_VERSION=$(sed -e 's|^.*/archive/||' -e 's|\.zip$||' "${RETRO_VERSION_FILE}")
+    elif [[ "$VERSION_INFO" =~ .tar.gz$ ]] ; then
+      # version referenced by githash
+      RETRO_NEW_VERSION=$(sed -e 's|^.*/archive/||' -e 's|\.tar.gz$||' "${RETRO_VERSION_FILE}")
     else
       msg_warn "unmanaged version in kodi package: ${VERSION_INFO}"
       # unmanaged version, repo plus branch