diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 386cf1f0..92ee1486 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,10 @@ static void archive_selection(const char *cmd, const char *archive, const char *
 	char *buf = (char *)malloc(CMD_LEN_MAX * sizeof(char));
 	snprintf(buf, CMD_LEN_MAX,
 #ifdef __linux__
-		 "xargs -0 -a %s %s %s", g_cppath, cmd, archive);
+		"sed -ze 's|^%s/||' '%s' | xargs -0 %s %s", curpath, g_cppath, cmd, archive);
+#elif defined __APPLE__
+		"cat '%s' | tr '\\0' '\n' | sed -e 's|^%s/||' | tr '\n' '\\0' | xargs -0 %s %s",
+		g_cppath, curpath, cmd, archive);
 #else
 		 "cat %s | xargs -0 -o %s %s", g_cppath, cmd, archive);
 #endif