diff --git a/testsuite/tar.tests b/testsuite/tar.tests
index 535052c36..16130f9b6 100755
--- a/testsuite/tar.tests
+++ b/testsuite/tar.tests
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ l4/V8LDoe90yiWJhOJvIypgEfxdyRThQkBVn/bI=
 "
 SKIP=
 
-optional UNICODE_SUPPORT FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2
+optional UNICODE_SUPPORT FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
 testing "Pax-encoded UTF8 names and symlinks" '\
 tar xvf ../tar.utf8.tar.bz2 2>&1; echo $?
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8