diff --git a/crates/rattler/src/install/mod.rs b/crates/rattler/src/install/mod.rs
index 82c6bfbf1..68dc8fe79 100644
--- a/crates/rattler/src/install/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler/src/install/mod.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ use rattler_conda_types::{
     prefix_record::PathsEntry,
     Platform,
 };
+use rattler_package_streaming::{fs::extract, ExtractError};
 use simple_spawn_blocking::Cancelled;
 use tokio::task::JoinError;
 use tracing::instrument;
@@ -102,6 +103,14 @@ pub enum InstallError {
     #[error("failed to create target directory")]
     FailedToCreateTargetDirectory(#[source] std::io::Error),
 
+    /// Failed to create a temporary directory.
+    #[error("failed to create temporary directory")]
+    FailedToCreateTempDirectory(#[source] std::io::Error),
+
+    /// Failed to extract a conda package.
+    #[error("failed to extract conda package")]
+    FailedToExtractPackage(#[source] ExtractError),
+
     /// A noarch package could not be installed because no python version was
     /// specified.
     #[error("cannot install noarch python package because there is no python version specified")]
@@ -242,6 +251,29 @@ pub struct InstallOptions {
     pub apple_codesign_behavior: AppleCodeSignBehavior,
 }
 
+/// Given a non-extracted conda package (`package_path`), installs its files
+/// to the `target_dir`.
+///
+/// Returns a [`PathsEntry`] for every file that was linked into the target
+/// directory. The entries are ordered in the same order as they appear in the
+/// `paths.json` file of the package.
+pub async fn link_package_from_archive(
+    package_path: &Path,
+    target_dir: &Path,
+    driver: &InstallDriver,
+    options: InstallOptions,
+) -> Result<Vec<PathsEntry>, InstallError> {
+    let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().map_err(InstallError::FailedToCreateTempDirectory)?;
+    tracing::debug!(
+        "extracting {} to temporary directory {}",
+        package_path.display(),
+        temp_dir.path().display()
+    );
+
+    extract(package_path, temp_dir.path()).map_err(InstallError::FailedToExtractPackage)?;
+    link_package(temp_dir.path(), target_dir, driver, options).await
+}
+
 /// Given an extracted package archive (`package_dir`), installs its files to
 /// the `target_dir`.
 ///
@@ -722,7 +754,9 @@ mod test {
 
     use crate::{
         get_test_data_dir,
-        install::{link_package, InstallDriver, InstallOptions, PythonInfo},
+        install::{
+            link_package, link_package_from_archive, InstallDriver, InstallOptions, PythonInfo,
+        },
         package_cache::PackageCache,
     };
 
@@ -876,4 +910,29 @@ mod test {
 
         insta::assert_yaml_snapshot!(paths);
     }
+
+    #[rstest::rstest]
+    #[case("clobber-tar-bz2", "clobber/clobber-1-0.1.0-h4616a5c_0.tar.bz2")]
+    #[case("clobber-conda", "clobber/clobber-python-0.1.0-cpython.conda")]
+    #[tracing_test::traced_test]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_link_package_from_archive(#[case] package: &str, #[case] package_path: &str) {
+        let environment_dir = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+
+        let package_path = get_test_data_dir().join(package_path);
+
+        let install_driver = InstallDriver::default();
+
+        // Link the package
+        let paths = link_package_from_archive(
+            &package_path,
+            environment_dir.path(),
+            &install_driver,
+            InstallOptions::default(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        insta::assert_yaml_snapshot!(format!("link_package_from_archive-{}", package), paths);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/rattler/src/install/snapshots/rattler__install__test__link_package_from_archive-clobber-conda.snap b/crates/rattler/src/install/snapshots/rattler__install__test__link_package_from_archive-clobber-conda.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52b542814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rattler/src/install/snapshots/rattler__install__test__link_package_from_archive-clobber-conda.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+source: crates/rattler/src/install/mod.rs
+assertion_line: 937
+expression: paths
+snapshot_kind: text
+---
+- _path: bin/python
+  path_type: hardlink
+  sha256: 9e13091076809d9c845dc484b21ae2ba965895705d7fec77dd51ec3af7e26e31
+  sha256_in_prefix: 9e13091076809d9c845dc484b21ae2ba965895705d7fec77dd51ec3af7e26e31
+  size_in_bytes: 8
diff --git a/crates/rattler/src/install/snapshots/rattler__install__test__link_package_from_archive-clobber-tar-bz2.snap b/crates/rattler/src/install/snapshots/rattler__install__test__link_package_from_archive-clobber-tar-bz2.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4daa57049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rattler/src/install/snapshots/rattler__install__test__link_package_from_archive-clobber-tar-bz2.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+source: crates/rattler/src/install/mod.rs
+assertion_line: 937
+expression: paths
+snapshot_kind: text
+---
+- _path: another-clobber.txt
+  path_type: hardlink
+  sha256: dd79cf28afefb8038e9ca3141f2d47ca3c764cd50b880eb65263705792b909c8
+  sha256_in_prefix: dd79cf28afefb8038e9ca3141f2d47ca3c764cd50b880eb65263705792b909c8
+  size_in_bytes: 10
+- _path: clobber.txt
+  path_type: hardlink
+  sha256: dd79cf28afefb8038e9ca3141f2d47ca3c764cd50b880eb65263705792b909c8
+  sha256_in_prefix: dd79cf28afefb8038e9ca3141f2d47ca3c764cd50b880eb65263705792b909c8
+  size_in_bytes: 10