diff --git a/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c b/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c
index 219c596..3dcac5c 100644
--- a/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c
+++ b/src/logic/tpax_archive_append.c
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@ static char * tpax_append_prefix_item(
 	return pitem;
 }
 
+static char * tpax_append_prefix_item_from_path(
+	const struct tpax_driver_ctx *  dctx,
+	const char *                    path,
+	const char *                    mark)
+{
+	off_t   nbytes;
+	char    pathbuf[PATH_MAX];
+
+	if ((nbytes = (mark - path)) >= (PATH_MAX - 1))
+		return 0;
+
+	memcpy(pathbuf,path,nbytes);
+	pathbuf[nbytes++] = '/';
+	pathbuf[nbytes]   = '\0';
+
+	return tpax_append_prefix_item(dctx,pathbuf);
+}
+
 static int tpax_archive_append_pad(
 	const struct tpax_driver_ctx *  dctx,
 	int                             fdout,
@@ -367,15 +385,120 @@ static int tpax_archive_append_dir_entries(
 		uctx);
 }
 
+static const char * tpax_path_prefix_mark(const char * path)
+{
+	const char *    src;
+	char *          mark;
+	char            pathbuf[PATH_MAX];
+
+	src  = path;
+	mark = pathbuf;
+
+	for (; *src; )
+		*mark++ = *src++;
+
+	for (--mark; (*mark == '/'); mark--)
+		(void)0;
+
+	*++mark = '\0';
+
+	for (; (mark > pathbuf) && (mark[-1] != '/'); )
+		mark--;
+
+	return (mark <= pathbuf) ? 0 : &path[--mark-pathbuf];
+}
+
+static int tpax_dirent_init_from_uctx(
+	const struct stat * st,
+	const char *        basename,
+	struct dirent *     dirent)
+{
+	/* st_mode to d_type translation */
+	if (S_ISREG(st->st_mode))
+		dirent->d_type = DT_REG;
+	else if (S_ISLNK(st->st_mode))
+		dirent->d_type = DT_LNK;
+	else if (S_ISDIR(st->st_mode))
+		dirent->d_type = DT_DIR;
+	else if (S_ISCHR(st->st_mode))
+		dirent->d_type = DT_CHR;
+	else if (S_ISBLK(st->st_mode))
+		dirent->d_type = DT_CHR;
+	else if (S_ISFIFO(st->st_mode))
+		dirent->d_type = DT_CHR;
+	else
+		return -1;
+
+	/* d_off, d_ino */
+	dirent->d_off    = 0;
+	dirent->d_ino    = st->st_ino;
+
+	/* d_reclen */
+	dirent->d_reclen  = offsetof(struct dirent,d_name);
+	dirent->d_reclen += strlen(basename);
+
+	dirent->d_reclen += 0x1;
+	dirent->d_reclen |= 0x1;
+	dirent->d_reclen ^= 0x1;
+
+	/* d_name */
+	strcpy(dirent->d_name,basename);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int tpax_archive_append_item(
 	const struct tpax_driver_ctx *  dctx,
 	const struct tpax_unit_ctx *    uctx)
 {
-	(void)dctx;
-	(void)uctx;
+	int                             fdat;
+	const char *                    name;
+	const char *                    mark;
+	const char *                    prefix;
+	bool                            fkeep;
+	struct dirent *                 dirent;
+	char                            entbuf[PATH_MAX + sizeof(struct dirent)];
+
+	/* init */
+	fdat   = tpax_driver_fdcwd(dctx);
+	dirent = (struct dirent *)entbuf;
+	prefix = 0;
+
+	/* split path to prefix + basename */
+	if ((mark = tpax_path_prefix_mark(*uctx->path)))
+		if (!(prefix = tpax_append_prefix_item_from_path(
+				dctx,*uctx->path,mark)))
+			return tpax_archive_append_ret(
+				TPAX_BUFFER_ERROR(dctx),
+				0);
+
+	name = mark ? ++mark : *uctx->path;
+
+	if (prefix)
+		if ((fdat = openat(fdat,prefix,O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC,0)) < 0)
+			return tpax_archive_append_ret(
+				TPAX_SYSTEM_ERROR(dctx),
+				0);
+
+	/* explicit item directory entry */
+	if (tpax_dirent_init_from_uctx(uctx->st,name,dirent) < 0)
+			return tpax_archive_append_ret(
+				TPAX_CUSTOM_ERROR(
+					dctx,
+					TPAX_ERR_FLOW_ERROR),
+				0);
+
+	/* add to queue */
+	if (tpax_archive_append_queue_item(
+			dctx,dirent,0,prefix,0,
+			TPAX_ITEM_EXPLICIT,
+			fdat,&fkeep) < 0)
+		return tpax_archive_append_ret(
+			TPAX_NESTED_ERROR(dctx),
+			0);
 
+	(void)tpax_archive_append_pad;
 	(void)tpax_archive_append_dir_entries;
-	(void)tpax_append_prefix_item;
 
 	return 0;
 }