diff --git a/roles/pbx/tasks/asterisk.yml b/roles/pbx/tasks/asterisk.yml
index 1a7563dd0..5ef38a630 100644
--- a/roles/pbx/tasks/asterisk.yml
+++ b/roles/pbx/tasks/asterisk.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     dest: "{{ asterisk_src_dir }}"
     owner: root
     group: root
+    extra_opts: [--strip-components=1]
 
 - name: Asterisk - Download mp3 decoder library into source tree
   command: "./contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh"