diff --git a/scripts/download.sh b/scripts/download.sh
index 1bfadc1..a4188d9 100755
--- a/scripts/download.sh
+++ b/scripts/download.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # download.sh --
 #	Download a tarball from the specified URL to the specified target
 #	directory, untar it, and remove the tarball file.
 #
-#	Usage:  download.sh <url> <target_dir>
+#	Usage:  download.sh <url> <target_dir> [<strip>]
 #
 # where:
 #
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #		tarball will be downloaded to the directory above this,
 #		untarred while renaming to <target_dir>, and then the tarball
 #		file will be deleted.
+#	<strip> is the number of directory levels to strip off the front of the
+#		tarball contents.  Defaults to 1 if not specified.
 #
 
 # Neither curl or wget are guaranteed to be included in all *nix systems,
@@ -39,7 +41,14 @@
 echo "Downloading $1 to $2"
 $DL_CMD $2.tar.gz $1
 
+if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
+    snum=$3
+else
+    snum=1
+fi
+
 mkdir -p $2
-tar -xf $2.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C $2
+echo "Untarring and removing $2.tar.gz"
+tar -xf $2.tar.gz --strip-components $snum -C $2
 rm $2.tar.gz
 exit 0