diff --git a/.changeset/big-tigers-burn.md b/.changeset/big-tigers-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6fa17f4713e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/big-tigers-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"create-remix": patch
+---
+
+Support local tarballs with `.tgz` extension
+
+It allows to directly support [`pnpm pack` tarballs](https://pnpm.io/cli/pack).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/guides/templates.md b/docs/guides/templates.md
index 59eefa31da3..a4c9a875d7b 100644
--- a/docs/guides/templates.md
+++ b/docs/guides/templates.md
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ You can provide a local directory or tarball on disk to the `--template` option,
 ```shellscript nonumber
 npx create-remix@latest --template /my/remix-stack
 npx create-remix@latest --template /my/remix-stack.tar.gz
+npx create-remix@latest --template /my/remix-stack.tgz
 npx create-remix@latest --template file:///Users/michael/my-remix-stack.tar.gz
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/create-remix/__tests__/create-remix-test.ts b/packages/create-remix/__tests__/create-remix-test.ts
index cb3a6762b20..2d73c904b04 100644
--- a/packages/create-remix/__tests__/create-remix-test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-remix/__tests__/create-remix-test.ts
@@ -426,6 +426,25 @@ describe("create-remix CLI", () => {
     expect(fse.existsSync(path.join(projectDir, "app/root.tsx"))).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it("works for a path to a tgz tarball on disk", async () => {
+    let projectDir = getProjectDir("local-tarball");
+
+    let { status, stderr } = await execCreateRemix({
+      args: [
+        projectDir,
+        "--template",
+        path.join(__dirname, "fixtures", "arc.tgz"),
+        "--no-git-init",
+        "--no-install",
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(stderr.trim()).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(status).toBe(0);
+    expect(fse.existsSync(path.join(projectDir, "package.json"))).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(fse.existsSync(path.join(projectDir, "app/root.tsx"))).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
   it("works for a file URL to a tarball on disk", async () => {
     let projectDir = getProjectDir("file-url-tarball");
 
diff --git a/packages/create-remix/__tests__/fixtures/arc.tgz b/packages/create-remix/__tests__/fixtures/arc.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b90ab69219
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/create-remix/__tests__/fixtures/arc.tgz differ
diff --git a/packages/create-remix/copy-template.ts b/packages/create-remix/copy-template.ts
index cf10b6b432d..3ad55c1d261 100644
--- a/packages/create-remix/copy-template.ts
+++ b/packages/create-remix/copy-template.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ async function copyTemplateFromLocalFilePath(
   filePath: string,
   destPath: string
 ): Promise<boolean> {
-  if (filePath.endsWith(".tar.gz")) {
+  if (filePath.endsWith(".tar.gz") || filePath.endsWith(".tgz")) {
     await extractLocalTarball(filePath, destPath);
     return false;
   }