--- /usr/portage/eclass/myspell.eclass	2009-02-09 09:21:00.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/local/portage/eclass/myspell.eclass	2011-05-16 10:44:38.151082651 +0200
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 inherit multilib
 
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS src_install pkg_preinst pkg_postinst
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS src_unpack src_install pkg_preinst pkg_postinst
 
 IUSE=""
 
@@ -116,6 +116,33 @@
 # This format is from the available.lst, hyphavail.lst and
 # thesavail.lst files on the openoffice.org repository.
 
+#got inspiration from /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh and /usr/portage/eclass/mozextension.eclass
+myspell_src_unpack() {
+	local oxt oxtname srcdir
+
+	[ -z "${A}" ] && die "Nothing passed to the 'unpack' command"
+
+	srcdir="${DISTDIR}/"
+
+	for oxt in ${A}; do
+		einfo "Unpacking ${oxt} to ${PWD}"
+
+		[[ -s "${srcdir}${oxt}" ]] ||  die "${oxt} does not exist"
+
+		case "${oxt##*.}" in
+			oxt)
+				unzip -qoj "${srcdir}${oxt}" ||  die "failed to unpack ${oxt}"
+				;;
+			ZIP|zip)
+				unpack ${oxt}
+				;;
+			*)
+				einfo "unpack ${oxt}: file format not recognized. Ignoring."
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
+
 myspell_src_install() {
 	local filen fields entry dictlst
 	cd "${WORKDIR}"