diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70afba18..a782525b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ specified files from both private and public repositories.
     zipBall: true
 
     # Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the downloaded file(s)
-    # It will create the target directory automatically if not present
+    # It will create the target directory automatically if not present, defaults to root directory
     # eg: out-file-path: "my-downloads" => It will create directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/my-downloads
     out-file-path: ''
 
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ specified files from both private and public repositories.
     # Prints a warning if enabled but file is not an archive - but does not fail.
     extract: false
 
+    # Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to extract the downloaded file(s) if extract flag is set
+    # Checks all downloaded files if they end with zip, tar or tar.gz and extracts them to this path if specified.
+    # If not set it points to "out-file-path" directory.
+    # eg: extract-path: "my-downloads" => It will create directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/my-downloads
+    extract-path: ''
+
     # Github access token to download files from private repositories
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets
     # eg: token: ${{ secrets.MY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/__tests__/main.test.ts b/__tests__/main.test.ts
index 5ba78cfc..50574fa9 100644
--- a/__tests__/main.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/main.test.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ test('Download all files from public repo', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(7)
@@ -169,7 +170,8 @@ test('Download single file from public repo', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(1)
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ test('Fail loudly if given filename is not found in a release', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(
@@ -205,7 +208,8 @@ test('Fail loudly if release is not identified', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(
@@ -224,7 +228,8 @@ test('Download files with wildcard from public repo', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(2)
@@ -241,7 +246,8 @@ test('Download single file with wildcard from public repo', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(1)
@@ -258,7 +264,8 @@ test('Download multiple pdf files with wildcard filename', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(2)
@@ -275,7 +282,8 @@ test('Download a csv file with wildcard filename', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(1)
@@ -294,7 +302,8 @@ test('Download file from Github Enterprise server', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(1)
@@ -311,7 +320,8 @@ test('Download file from release identified by ID', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(1)
@@ -328,7 +338,8 @@ test('Download all archive files from public repo', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: true,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   if (downloadSettings.extractAssets) {
@@ -367,7 +378,8 @@ test('Fail when a release with no assets are obtained', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(
@@ -386,7 +398,8 @@ test('Download from latest prerelease', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   expect(result.length).toBe(1)
@@ -403,7 +416,8 @@ test('Fail when a release with no prerelease is obtained', async () => {
     tarBall: false,
     zipBall: false,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
   const result = downloader.download(downloadSettings)
   await expect(result).rejects.toThrow('No prereleases found!')
@@ -420,7 +434,8 @@ test('Download from a release containing only tarBall & zipBall', async () => {
     tarBall: true,
     zipBall: true,
     extractAssets: false,
-    outFilePath: outputFilePath
+    outFilePath: outputFilePath,
+    extractPath: outputFilePath
   }
 
   const result = await downloader.download(downloadSettings)
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index b4c80a5a..658c5ee4 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -40,13 +40,19 @@ inputs:
     description:
       'Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the downloaded files'
     default: '.'
-    required: true
+    required: false
   extract:
     description:
-      'If the downloaded assets should be extracted to `out-file-path`. Supports
-      tar, tar.gz and zip'
+      'If the downloaded assets should be extracted. Supports tar, tar.gz and
+      zip'
     default: 'false'
     required: false
+  extract-path:
+    description:
+      'Path where downloaded assets should be extracted. Defaults to
+      `out-file-path` if not set.'
+    default: ''
+    required: false
   token:
     description: 'Github token to access private repos'
     default: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index bb56a7d0..6620fed5 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -8463,7 +8463,7 @@ var HttpCodes;
 })(HttpCodes || (exports.HttpCodes = HttpCodes = {}));
 const HttpRedirectCodes = [HttpCodes.MovedPermanently, HttpCodes.ResourceMoved, HttpCodes.SeeOther, HttpCodes.TemporaryRedirect, HttpCodes.PermanentRedirect];
 const HttpResponseRetryCodes = [HttpCodes.BadGateway, HttpCodes.ServiceUnavailable, HttpCodes.GatewayTimeout];
-const NetworkRetryErrors = ['ECONNRESET', 'ENOTFOUND', 'ESOCKETTIMEDOUT', 'ETIMEDOUT', 'ECONNREFUSED'];
+const NetworkRetryErrors = ['ECONNRESET', 'ENOTFOUND', 'ESOCKETTIMEDOUT', 'ETIMEDOUT', 'ECONNREFUSED', 'EHOSTUNREACH'];
 const RetryableHttpVerbs = ['OPTIONS', 'GET', 'DELETE', 'HEAD'];
 const ExponentialBackoffCeiling = 10;
 const ExponentialBackoffTimeSlice = 5;
@@ -32587,7 +32587,8 @@ function getInputs() {
         tarBall: core.getBooleanInput('tarBall'),
         zipBall: core.getBooleanInput('zipBall'),
         extractAssets: core.getBooleanInput('extract'),
-        outFilePath: path.resolve(githubWorkspacePath, core.getInput('out-file-path') || '.')
+        outFilePath: path.resolve(githubWorkspacePath, core.getInput('out-file-path') || '.'),
+        extractPath: path.resolve(githubWorkspacePath, core.getInput('extract-path') || core.getInput('out-file-path') || '.')
     };
 }
 
@@ -32642,7 +32643,7 @@ async function run() {
         const res = await downloader.download(downloadSettings);
         if (downloadSettings.extractAssets) {
             for (const asset of res) {
-                await (0, unarchive_1.extract)(asset, downloadSettings.outFilePath);
+                await (0, unarchive_1.extract)(asset, downloadSettings.extractPath);
             }
         }
         core.info(`Done: ${res}`);
@@ -37766,10 +37767,11 @@ class Minimatch {
         for (let i = 0; i < globParts.length - 1; i++) {
             for (let j = i + 1; j < globParts.length; j++) {
                 const matched = this.partsMatch(globParts[i], globParts[j], !this.preserveMultipleSlashes);
-                if (!matched)
-                    continue;
-                globParts[i] = matched;
-                globParts[j] = [];
+                if (matched) {
+                    globParts[i] = [];
+                    globParts[j] = matched;
+                    break;
+                }
             }
         }
         return globParts.filter(gs => gs.length);
diff --git a/src/download-settings.ts b/src/download-settings.ts
index 88f5b6c0..bc1e2303 100644
--- a/src/download-settings.ts
+++ b/src/download-settings.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ export interface IReleaseDownloadSettings {
   outFilePath: string
 
   /**
-   * Extract downloaded files to outFilePath
+   * Extract downloaded files
    */
   extractAssets: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * Path to extract files
+   */
+  extractPath: string
 }
diff --git a/src/input-helper.ts b/src/input-helper.ts
index 1d92f406..0b056a16 100644
--- a/src/input-helper.ts
+++ b/src/input-helper.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ export function getInputs(): IReleaseDownloadSettings {
     outFilePath: path.resolve(
       githubWorkspacePath,
       core.getInput('out-file-path') || '.'
+    ),
+    extractPath: path.resolve(
+      githubWorkspacePath,
+      core.getInput('extract-path') || core.getInput('out-file-path') || '.'
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index f94ce06c..78355666 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 
     if (downloadSettings.extractAssets) {
       for (const asset of res) {
-        await extract(asset, downloadSettings.outFilePath)
+        await extract(asset, downloadSettings.extractPath)
       }
     }