diff --git a/src/pymovements/utils/downloads.py b/src/pymovements/utils/downloads.py
index fc053fd0c..3a245496d 100644
--- a/src/pymovements/utils/downloads.py
+++ b/src/pymovements/utils/downloads.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def download_and_extract_archive(
         md5: str | None = None,
         recursive: bool = True,
         remove_finished: bool = False,
+        remove_top_level: bool = True,
         verbose: int = 1,
 ) -> None:
     """Download and extract archive file.
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ def download_and_extract_archive(
         Recursively extract archives which are included in extracted archive.
     remove_finished : bool
         Remove downloaded file after successful extraction or decompression, default: False.
+    remove_top_level: bool
+        If ``True``, remove the top-level directory if it has only one child, default:True.
     verbose : int
         Verbosity levels: (1) Show download progress bar and print info messages on downloading
         and extracting archive files without printing messages for recursive archive extraction.
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ def download_and_extract_archive(
         destination_path=extract_dirpath,
         recursive=recursive,
         remove_finished=remove_finished,
+        remove_top_level=remove_top_level,
         verbose=verbose,
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/downloads_test.py b/tests/utils/downloads_test.py
index ae6ff3bc1..6d2b3a82c 100644
--- a/tests/utils/downloads_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/downloads_test.py
@@ -156,7 +156,14 @@ def test_download_and_extract_archive(tmp_path):
     md5 = '52bbf03a7c50ee7152ccb9d357c2bb30'
     extract_dirpath = tmp_path / 'extracted'
 
-    download_and_extract_archive(url, tmp_path, download_filename, extract_dirpath, md5)
+    download_and_extract_archive(
+        url,
+        tmp_path,
+        download_filename,
+        extract_dirpath,
+        md5,
+        remove_top_level=False,
+    )
 
     assert extract_dirpath.exists()
     assert (extract_dirpath / 'pymovements-0.4.0').exists()