diff --git a/lib/private/Streamer.php b/lib/private/Streamer.php
index b6fb0fcff0687..af45c3afb1b21 100644
--- a/lib/private/Streamer.php
+++ b/lib/private/Streamer.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 class Streamer {
 	// array of regexp. Matching user agents will get tar instead of zip
-	private $preferTarFor = [ '/macintosh|mac os x/i' ];
+	private $preferTarFor = [ '/macintosh|mac os x|linux/i' ];
 
 	// streamer instance
 	private $streamerInstance;