diff --git a/.config/vifm/vifmrc b/.config/vifm/vifmrc
index 85d1085..630d0fb 100644
--- a/.config/vifm/vifmrc
+++ b/.config/vifm/vifmrc
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ nnoremap I cw<c-a>
 nnoremap cc cw<c-u>
 nnoremap A cw
 
+" Mapping for extraction
+nnoremap x :!extract %f<cr>
+
 " Open console in current directory
 nnoremap ,t :!xterm &<cr>
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/etc/vifm/extract b/.local/bin/etc/vifm/extract
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..29e2889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/etc/vifm/extract
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -f $1 ] ; then
+    case $1 in
+    *.tar.bz2)    tar xvjf $1    ;;
+    *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf $1    ;;
+    *.tar.xz)    tar xf $1      ;;
+    *.bz2)        bunzip2 $1     ;;
+    *.rar)        unrar x $1     ;;
+    *.gz)        gunzip $1      ;;
+    *.tar)        tar xvf $1     ;;
+    *.tbz2)        tar xvjf $1    ;;
+    *.tgz)        tar xvzf $1    ;;
+    *.zip)        unzip $1       ;;
+    *.Z)        uncompress $1  ;;
+    *.7z)        7z x $1        ;;
+    *)        echo "don't know how to extract '$1'..." ;;
+    esac
+else
+    echo "'$1' is not a valid file!"
+fi