diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java
index 0f2861b69..e448d6868 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ protected boolean shouldExtractEntry( File targetDirectory, File targetFileName,
                 "" )
                 + suffix;
         boolean fileOnDiskIsNewerThanEntry = targetFileName.lastModified() >= entryDate.getTime();
-        boolean differentCasing = !entryName.equals( relativeCanonicalDestPath );
+        boolean differentCasing = !entryName.replace("/", File.separator).equals( relativeCanonicalDestPath );
 
         String casingMessage = String.format( "Archive entry '%s' and existing file '%s' names differ only by case."
                 + " This may lead to an unexpected outcome on case-insensitive filesystems.", entryName, canonicalDestPath );
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java
index 8435fdf33..b479affe7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java
@@ -200,6 +200,22 @@ public void shouldNotWarnAboutDifferentCasingForDirectoryEntries() throws IOExce
         assertThat( this.log.getWarns(), not( hasItem( new LogMessageMatcher( "names differ only by case" ) ) ) );
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldExtractWhenCasingDifferOnlyInEntryNamePath() throws IOException
+    {
+        // given
+        File file = new File( temporaryFolder.getRoot() + File.separator + "directory", "whatever.txt" ); // does not create the file!
+        file.mkdirs();
+        file.createNewFile();
+        String entryname = "directory/whatever.txt";
+        Date entryDate = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()+5000);
+
+        // when & then
+        this.abstractUnArchiver.setOverwrite( true );
+        assertThat( this.abstractUnArchiver.shouldExtractEntry( temporaryFolder.getRoot(), file, entryname, entryDate ), is ( true ) );
+    }
+
     static class LogMessageMatcher extends BaseMatcher<CapturingLog.Message> {
         private final StringContains delegateMatcher;