diff --git a/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh b/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh
index 88d8b0740..80ca50c50 100644
--- a/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ EOF
       (*.tar.lz4) lz4 -c -d "$full_path" | tar xvf - ;;
       (*.tar.lrz) (( $+commands[lrzuntar] )) && lrzuntar "$full_path" ;;
       (*.gz) (( $+commands[pigz] )) && pigz -cdk "$full_path" > "${file:t:r}" || gunzip -ck "$full_path" > "${file:t:r}" ;;
-      (*.bz2) bunzip2 "$full_path" ;;
+      (*.bz2) (( $+commands[pbzip2] )) && pbzip2 -d "$full_path" || bunzip2 "$full_path" ;;
       (*.xz) unxz "$full_path" ;;
       (*.lrz) (( $+commands[lrunzip] )) && lrunzip "$full_path" ;;
       (*.lz4) lz4 -d "$full_path" ;;