diff --git a/src/fuzzfetch/extract.py b/src/fuzzfetch/extract.py
index a456d141..b86e89a1 100644
--- a/src/fuzzfetch/extract.py
+++ b/src/fuzzfetch/extract.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def extract_zip(zip_fn: PathArg, path: PathArg = ".") -> None:
     """
     dest_path = Path(path)
 
-    def _extract_file(zip_fp: zipfile.ZipFile, info: zipfile.ZipInfo) -> None:
-        """Extract files while explicitly setting the proper permissions"""
+    def _extract_entry(zip_fp: zipfile.ZipFile, info: zipfile.ZipInfo) -> None:
+        """Extract entries while explicitly setting the proper permissions"""
         rel_path = Path(info.filename)
 
         # strip leading "firefox" from path
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ def _extract_file(zip_fp: zipfile.ZipFile, info: zipfile.ZipInfo) -> None:
 
         out_path = dest_path / rel_path
 
-        out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        with zip_fp.open(info) as zip_member_fp, out_path.open("wb") as out_fp:
-            shutil.copyfileobj(zip_member_fp, out_fp)
+        if info.is_dir():
+            out_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        else:
+            out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            with zip_fp.open(info) as zip_member_fp, out_path.open("wb") as out_fp:
+                shutil.copyfileobj(zip_member_fp, out_fp)
 
         perm = info.external_attr >> 16
         perm |= stat.S_IREAD  # make sure we're not accidentally setting this to 0
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ def _extract_file(zip_fp: zipfile.ZipFile, info: zipfile.ZipInfo) -> None:
 
     with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_fn) as zip_fp:
         for info in zip_fp.infolist():
-            _extract_file(zip_fp, info)
+            _extract_entry(zip_fp, info)
 
 
 def _is_within_directory(directory: PathArg, target: PathArg) -> bool:
diff --git a/tests/test_extract.py b/tests/test_extract.py
index 562b0cdb..47b54429 100644
--- a/tests/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/test_extract.py
@@ -4,11 +4,33 @@
 # You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 import tarfile
+import zipfile
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
-from fuzzfetch.extract import extract_tar
+from fuzzfetch.extract import extract_tar, extract_zip
+
+
+def test_zipfile_extract(tmp_path):
+    """basic extract_zip functions"""
+    (tmp_path / "empty").touch()
+    (tmp_path / "folder").mkdir()
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(tmp_path / "test.zip", "w") as zip_fp:
+        zip_fp.write(tmp_path / "empty", "./firefox/firefox")
+        zip_fp.write(tmp_path / "empty", "buildinfo.txt")
+        zip_fp.write(tmp_path / "folder", "folder")
+
+    (tmp_path / "out").mkdir()
+    extract_zip(tmp_path / "test.zip", tmp_path / "out")
+    assert set((tmp_path / "out").glob("**/*")) == {
+        tmp_path / "out" / "firefox",
+        tmp_path / "out" / "folder",
+        tmp_path / "out" / "buildinfo.txt",
+    }
+    assert (tmp_path / "out" / "firefox").is_file()
+    assert (tmp_path / "out" / "folder").is_dir()
+    assert (tmp_path / "out" / "buildinfo.txt").is_file()
 
 
 @patch("fuzzfetch.extract.TAR_PATH", None)