diff --git a/swh/loader/package/deposit/loader.py b/swh/loader/package/deposit/loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/package/deposit/loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/package/deposit/loader.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
         deposit_id: str,
         deposit_client: "ApiClient",
         max_content_size: Optional[int] = None,
+        default_filename: str = "archive.zip",
     ):
         """Constructor
 
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@
 
         self.deposit_id = deposit_id
         self.client = deposit_client
+        self.default_filename = default_filename
 
     @classmethod
     def from_configfile(cls, **kwargs: Any):
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@
         self, version: str
     ) -> Iterator[Tuple[str, DepositPackageInfo]]:
         p_info = DepositPackageInfo.from_metadata(
-            self.metadata(), url=self.url, filename="archive.zip",
+            self.metadata(), url=self.url, filename=self.default_filename,
         )
         yield "HEAD", p_info
 
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/1_private_888_meta b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/1_private_888_meta
new file mode 120000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/1_private_888_meta
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello_2.12.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/1_private_888_raw b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/1_private_888_raw
new file mode 120000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/1_private_888_raw
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello-2.12.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/hello-2.12.tar.gz b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/hello-2.12.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GIT binary patch
literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

diff --git a/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/hello_2.12.json b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/hello_2.12.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/data/https_deposit.softwareheritage.org/hello_2.12.json
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+  "origin": {
+    "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-123456",
+    "type": "deposit"
+  },
+  "metadata_raw": ["<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><entry xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\" xmlns:codemeta=\"https://doi.org/10.5063/SCHEMA/CODEMETA-2.0\"><external_identifier>some-external-id</external_identifier><url>https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/some-external-id</url><codemeta:dateCreated>2017-10-07T15:17:08Z</codemeta:dateCreated><author>some awesome author</author><author>another one</author><author>no one</author></entry>",
+"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><entry xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\" xmlns:codemeta=\"https://doi.org/10.5063/SCHEMA/CODEMETA-2.0\"><author>someone</author></entry>"
+  ],
+  "metadata_dict": {
+    "author": [
+      "some awesome author",
+      "another one",
+      "no one"
+    ],
+    "codemeta:dateCreated": "2017-10-07T15:17:08Z",
+    "codemeta:datePublished": "2017-10-08T15:00:00Z",
+    "external_identifier": "some-external-id",
+    "url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/some-external-id"
+  },
+  "provider": {
+    "provider_name": "hal",
+    "provider_type": "deposit_client",
+    "provider_url": "https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/",
+    "metadata": null
+  },
+  "tool": {
+    "name": "swh-deposit",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "configuration": {
+      "sword_version": "2"
+    }
+  },
+  "deposit": {
+    "id": 888,
+    "client": "hal",
+    "collection": "hal",
+    "author": {
+      "name": "Software Heritage",
+      "fullname": "Software Heritage",
+      "email": "robot@softwareheritage.org"
+    },
+    "author_date": {
+      "timestamp": {
+        "seconds": 1507389428,
+        "microseconds": 0
+      },
+      "offset": 0,
+      "negative_utc": false
+    },
+    "committer": {
+      "name": "Software Heritage",
+      "fullname": "Software Heritage",
+      "email": "robot@softwareheritage.org"
+    },
+    "committer_date": {
+      "timestamp": {
+        "seconds": 1507474800,
+        "microseconds": 0
+      },
+      "offset": 0,
+      "negative_utc": false
+    },
+    "revision_parents": []
+  }
+}
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/test_deposit.py b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/test_deposit.py
--- a/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/test_deposit.py
+++ b/swh/loader/package/deposit/tests/test_deposit.py
@@ -466,3 +466,26 @@
     }
 
     assert body == expected_body
+
+
+def test_deposit_loading_ok_3(swh_storage, deposit_client, requests_mock_datadir):
+    """Deposit loading can happen on tarball artifacts as well
+
+    The latest deposit changes introduce the internal change.
+
+    """
+    external_id = "hal-123456"
+    url = f"https://hal-test.archives-ouvertes.fr/{external_id}"
+    deposit_id = 888
+    loader = DepositLoader(
+        swh_storage, url, deposit_id, deposit_client, default_filename="archive.tar"
+    )
+
+    actual_load_status = loader.load()
+    expected_snapshot_id = "0ac7b54c042a026389f2087dc16f1d5c644ed0e4"
+
+    assert actual_load_status == {
+        "status": "eventful",
+        "snapshot_id": expected_snapshot_id,
+    }
+    assert_last_visit_matches(loader.storage, url, status="full", type="deposit")