diff --git a/src/cp.ts b/src/cp.ts
index d84d34cf86..52e3bdd72c 100644
--- a/src/cp.ts
+++ b/src/cp.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export class Cp {
      * @param {string} containerName - The name of the container in the pod to exec the command inside.
      * @param {string} srcPath - The source path in the pod
      * @param {string} tgtPath - The target path in local
+     * @param {string} [cwd] - The directory that is used as the parent in the pod when downloading
      */
     public async cpFromPod(
         namespace: string,
@@ -25,10 +26,15 @@ export class Cp {
         containerName: string,
         srcPath: string,
         tgtPath: string,
+        cwd?: string,
     ): Promise<void> {
         const tmpFile = tmp.fileSync();
         const tmpFileName = tmpFile.name;
-        const command = ['tar', 'zcf', '-', srcPath];
+        const command = ['tar', 'cf', '-'];
+        if (cwd) {
+            command.push('-C', cwd);
+        }
+        command.push(srcPath);
         const writerStream = fs.createWriteStream(tmpFileName);
         const errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer();
         this.execInstance.exec(
diff --git a/src/cp_test.ts b/src/cp_test.ts
index 7cfcafa7d4..fb38247df3 100644
--- a/src/cp_test.ts
+++ b/src/cp_test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('Cp', () => {
             const container = 'container';
             const srcPath = '/';
             const tgtPath = '/';
-            const cmdArray = ['tar', 'zcf', '-', srcPath];
+            const cmdArray = ['tar', 'cf', '-', srcPath];
             const path = `/api/v1/namespaces/${namespace}/pods/${pod}/exec`;
 
             const query = {
@@ -38,6 +38,35 @@ describe('Cp', () => {
             await cp.cpFromPod(namespace, pod, container, srcPath, tgtPath);
             verify(fakeWebSocket.connect(`${path}?${queryStr}`, null, anyFunction())).called();
         });
+
+        it('should run create tar command to a url with cwd', async () => {
+            const kc = new KubeConfig();
+            const fakeWebSocket: WebSocketInterface = mock(WebSocketHandler);
+            const exec = new Exec(kc, instance(fakeWebSocket));
+            const cp = new Cp(kc, exec);
+
+            const namespace = 'somenamespace';
+            const pod = 'somepod';
+            const container = 'container';
+            const srcPath = '/';
+            const tgtPath = '/';
+            const cwd = '/abc';
+            const cmdArray = ['tar', 'cf', '-', '-C', cwd, srcPath];
+            const path = `/api/v1/namespaces/${namespace}/pods/${pod}/exec`;
+
+            const query = {
+                stdout: true,
+                stderr: true,
+                stdin: false,
+                tty: false,
+                command: cmdArray,
+                container,
+            };
+            const queryStr = querystring.stringify(query);
+
+            await cp.cpFromPod(namespace, pod, container, srcPath, tgtPath, cwd);
+            verify(fakeWebSocket.connect(`${path}?${queryStr}`, null, anyFunction())).called();
+        });
     });
 
     describe('cpToPod', () => {
diff --git a/src/test/integration/cpFromPod.ts b/src/test/integration/cpFromPod.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..001368dfdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/integration/cpFromPod.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
+import { CoreV1Api, KubeConfig, V1Pod } from '../../index.js';
+import { Cp } from '../../cp.js';
+import { generateName } from './name.js';
+
+export default async function cpFromPod() {
+    const kc = new KubeConfig();
+    kc.loadFromDefault();
+
+    const coreV1Client = kc.makeApiClient(CoreV1Api);
+    const cp = new Cp(kc);
+
+    const testPodName = generateName('cp-test-pod');
+    const namespace = 'default';
+
+    const pod = new V1Pod();
+    pod.metadata = { name: testPodName };
+    pod.spec = {
+        containers: [
+            {
+                name: 'test-container',
+                image: 'busybox',
+                command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo "test content" > /tmp/test.txt && sleep 3600'],
+            },
+        ],
+        restartPolicy: 'Never',
+    };
+
+    console.log(`Creating pod ${testPodName}`);
+    await coreV1Client.createNamespacedPod({ namespace, body: pod });
+
+    console.log('Waiting for pod to be ready...');
+    let podReady = false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+        const currentPod = await coreV1Client.readNamespacedPod({ name: testPodName, namespace });
+        if (currentPod.status?.phase === 'Running') {
+            podReady = true;
+            break;
+        }
+        await setTimeout(1000);
+    }
+
+    assert.strictEqual(podReady, true, 'Pod did not become ready in time');
+    console.log('Pod is ready');
+
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'k8s-cp-test-'));
+
+    try {
+        console.log('Copying file from pod...');
+
+        cp.cpFromPod(namespace, testPodName, 'test-container', 'test.txt', tempDir, '/tmp');
+
+        // Wait for file to appear
+        const copiedFilePath = path.join(tempDir, 'test.txt');
+        let fileExists = false;
+        for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+            if (fs.existsSync(copiedFilePath)) {
+                fileExists = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            await setTimeout(500);
+        }
+
+        assert.strictEqual(fileExists, true, 'File was not copied');
+
+        const content = fs.readFileSync(copiedFilePath, 'utf-8');
+        assert.strictEqual(content.trim(), 'test content', 'File content does not match');
+
+        console.log('cpFromPod test passed!');
+    } finally {
+        console.log('Cleaning up...');
+        await coreV1Client.deleteNamespacedPod({ name: testPodName, namespace });
+        fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/integration/index.ts b/src/test/integration/index.ts
index 5065dcd429..ee26fa03df 100644
--- a/src/test/integration/index.ts
+++ b/src/test/integration/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import patchNamespace from './patchNamespace.js';
+import cpFromPod from './cpFromPod.js';
 
 console.log('Integration testing');
 
 await patchNamespace();
+await cpFromPod();