diff --git a/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
index c221bad9292..2e802b97eb5 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ hook() {
 		*.txt)        cursufx="txt";;
 		*.7z)	      cursufx="7z";;
 		*.gem)	      cursufx="gem";;
+		*.crate)      cursufx="crate";;
 		*) msg_error "$pkgver: unknown distfile suffix for $curfile.\n";;
 		esac
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ hook() {
 		fi
 
 		case ${cursufx} in
-		txz|tbz|tlz|tgz)
+		txz|tbz|tlz|tgz|crate)
 			tar -x --no-same-permissions --no-same-owner -f $srcdir/$curfile -C $extractdir
 			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 				msg_error "$pkgver: extracting $curfile into $XBPS_BUILDDIR.\n"
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
index 43b9c66b625..ebe0f88772d 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ contents_cksum() {
 	*.txt)        cursufx="txt";;
 	*.7z)	      cursufx="7z";;
 	*.gem)	      cursufx="gem";;
+	*.crate)      cursufx="crate";;
 	*) msg_error "$pkgver: unknown distfile suffix for $curfile.\n";;
 	esac
 
 	case ${cursufx} in
-	tar|txz|tbz|tlz|tgz)
+	tar|txz|tbz|tlz|tgz|crate)
 		cksum=$(tar xf "$curfile" --to-stdout | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 			msg_error "$pkgver: extracting $curfile to pipe.\n"