diff --git a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyExtractor.kt b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyExtractor.kt
index de4ec90b628..dd7c89c17e4 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyExtractor.kt
+++ b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyExtractor.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.unzipTo
 import java.io.File
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 
 class DependencyExtractor {
@@ -33,10 +34,21 @@ class DependencyExtractor {
         val tarProcess = ProcessBuilder().apply {
             command("tar", "-xzf", tarGz.canonicalPath)
             directory(targetDirectory)
+            inheritIO()
         }.start()
-        tarProcess.waitFor()
-        if (tarProcess.exitValue() != 0) {
-            throw RuntimeException("Cannot extract archive with dependency: ${tarGz.canonicalPath}")
+        val finished = tarProcess.waitFor(extractionTimeout, extractionTimeoutUntis)
+        when {
+            finished && tarProcess.exitValue() != 0 ->
+                throw RuntimeException(
+                    "Cannot extract archive with dependency: ${tarGz.canonicalPath}.\n" +
+                    "Tar exit code: ${tarProcess.exitValue()}."
+                )
+            !finished -> {
+                tarProcess.destroy()
+                throw RuntimeException(
+                    "Cannot extract archive with dependency: ${tarGz.canonicalPath}.\n" +
+                    "Tar process hasn't finished in ${extractionTimeoutUntis.toSeconds(extractionTimeout)} sec.")
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -47,4 +59,10 @@ class DependencyExtractor {
             extractTarGz(archive, targetDirectory)
         }
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        val extractionTimeout = 3600L
+        val extractionTimeoutUntis = TimeUnit.SECONDS
+    }
+
 }
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