diff --git a/crates/distribution-filename/src/extension.rs b/crates/distribution-filename/src/extension.rs
index 5c06cff99..0ede3f1aa 100644
--- a/crates/distribution-filename/src/extension.rs
+++ b/crates/distribution-filename/src/extension.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ impl SourceDistExtension {
         match extension {
             "zip" => Ok(Self::Zip),
             "gz" if is_tar(path.as_ref()) => Ok(Self::TarGz),
+            "tgz" => Ok(Self::TarGz),
             "bz2" if is_tar(path.as_ref()) => Ok(Self::TarBz2),
             "xz" if is_tar(path.as_ref()) => Ok(Self::TarXz),
             "zst" if is_tar(path.as_ref()) => Ok(Self::TarZst),
@@ -94,6 +95,6 @@ impl Display for SourceDistExtension {
 pub enum ExtensionError {
     #[error("`.whl`, `.zip`, `.tar.gz`, `.tar.bz2`, `.tar.xz`, or `.tar.zst`")]
     Dist,
-    #[error("`.zip`, `.tar.gz`, `.tar.bz2`, `.tar.xz`, or `.tar.zst`")]
+    #[error("`.zip`, `.tar.gz`, `.tgz`, `.tar.bz2`, `.tar.xz`, or `.tar.zst`")]
     SourceDist,
 }
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/build.rs b/crates/uv/tests/build.rs
index bc12234be..dcaf50163 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/build.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/build.rs
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ fn wheel_from_sdist() -> Result<()> {
 
     ----- stderr -----
     Building wheel from source distribution...
-    error: `dist/project-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl` is not a valid build source. Expected to receive a source directory, or a source distribution ending in one of: `.zip`, `.tar.gz`, `.tar.bz2`, `.tar.xz`, or `.tar.zst`.
+    error: `dist/project-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl` is not a valid build source. Expected to receive a source directory, or a source distribution ending in one of: `.zip`, `.tar.gz`, `.tgz`, `.tar.bz2`, `.tar.xz`, or `.tar.zst`.
     "###);
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/docs/concepts/resolution.md b/docs/concepts/resolution.md
index 1a7b2f26f..fc33f01bc 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/resolution.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/resolution.md
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ formats, which need to be supported for backward compatibility, were also allowe
 reading and extracting archives in the following formats:
 
 - bzip2 tarball (`.tar.bz2`)
-- gzip tarball (`.tar.gz`)
+- gzip tarball (`.tar.gz`, `.tgz`)
 - xz tarball (`.tar.xz`)
 - zip (`.zip`)
 - zstd tarball (`.tar.zst`)