diff --git a/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c b/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c
index 026bc8d..362b85b 100644
--- a/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c
+++ b/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c
@@ -454,10 +454,14 @@ int tpax_archive_append_item(
 	const struct tpax_unit_ctx *    uctx)
 {
 	int                             fdat;
+	uintptr_t                       addr;
 	const char *                    name;
 	const char *                    mark;
 	const char *                    prefix;
 	bool                            fkeep;
+	struct tpax_dirent_buffer *     dentbuf;
+	struct tpax_dirent *            cdent;
+	struct tpax_dirent *            cnext;
 	struct dirent *                 dirent;
 	char                            entbuf[PATH_MAX + sizeof(struct dirent)];
 
@@ -499,8 +503,28 @@ int tpax_archive_append_item(
 			TPAX_NESTED_ERROR(dctx),
 			0);
 
+	/* queue directory child items */
+	dentbuf = tpax_get_driver_dirents(dctx);
+	cdent   = tpax_get_driver_dirmark(dctx);
+
+	for (; cdent; ) {
+		if (cdent->dirent.d_type == DT_DIR)
+			if (tpax_archive_append_dir_entries(dctx,cdent) < 0)
+				return TPAX_NESTED_ERROR(dctx);
+
+		addr  = (uintptr_t)cdent;
+		addr += cdent->nsize;
+		cnext = (struct tpax_dirent *)addr;
+
+		if (cnext == dentbuf->cdent) {
+			dentbuf = dentbuf->next;
+			cnext   = dentbuf ? dentbuf->dbuf : 0;
+		}
+
+		cdent = cnext;
+	}
+
 	(void)tpax_archive_append_pad;
-	(void)tpax_archive_append_dir_entries;
 
 	return 0;
 }