diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c8c249fae35eeea3329cacce198b16d7daf27412..93ec2d7a93cdf18c0b4646943b4650b7f720329f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67 for backupninja 0.9.8.1.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67 for backupninja 0.9.9.
 #
 # Report bugs to <backupninja@lists.riseup.net>.
 #
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='backupninja'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='backupninja'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.8.1'
-PACKAGE_STRING='backupninja 0.9.8.1'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.9'
+PACKAGE_STRING='backupninja 0.9.9'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='backupninja@lists.riseup.net'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures backupninja 0.9.8.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures backupninja 0.9.9 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of backupninja 0.9.8.1:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of backupninja 0.9.9:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-backupninja configure 0.9.8.1
+backupninja configure 0.9.9
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by backupninja $as_me 0.9.8.1, which was
+It was created by backupninja $as_me 0.9.9, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='backupninja'
- VERSION='0.9.8.1'
+ VERSION='0.9.9'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -3117,7 +3117,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by backupninja $as_me 0.9.8.1, which was
+This file was extended by backupninja $as_me 0.9.9, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -3170,7 +3170,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-backupninja config.status 0.9.8.1
+backupninja config.status 0.9.9
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/handlers/Makefile.in b/handlers/Makefile.in
index 345e9bd194e108e0c70ae566ef6cfb9244eba308..65463f6bc768684589270a6c58f72511f853c534 100644
--- a/handlers/Makefile.in
+++ b/handlers/Makefile.in
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 HANDLERS = dup dup.helper ldap ldap.helper maildir makecd		\
          makecd.helper mysql mysql.helper pgsql pgsql.helper rdiff	\
-         rdiff.helper rsync sh svn sys sys.helper trac
+         rdiff.helper rsync sh svn sys sys.helper trac tar tar.helper
 
 CLEANFILES = $(HANDLERS)
 EXTRA_DIST = Makefile.am $(HANDLERS)
@@ -440,6 +440,14 @@ trac: $(srcdir)/trac.in
 	rm -f trac
 	$(edit) $(srcdir)/trac.in > trac
 
+tar: $(srcdir)/tar.in
+	rm -f tar
+	$(edit) $(srcdir)/tar.in > tar
+
+tar.helper: $(srcdir)/tar.helper.in
+	rm -f tar.helper
+	$(edit) $(srcdir)/tar.helper.in > tar.helper
+
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT: