diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 4a11e10c3..da8a6cb54 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -3614,7 +3614,7 @@ class Archiver:
         subparser.add_argument('location', metavar='ARCHIVE',
                                type=location_validator(archive=True),
                                help='name of archive to create (must be also a valid directory name)')
-        subparser.add_argument('paths', metavar='PATH', nargs='*', type=str,
+        subparser.add_argument('paths', metavar='PATH', nargs='*', type=str, action='extend',
                                help='paths to archive')
 
         # borg debug