diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/223-k8s-cp-uploading.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/223-k8s-cp-uploading.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03da93fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/223-k8s-cp-uploading.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - k8s_cp - fix k8s_cp uploading when target container's WORKDIR is not '/' (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/222).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
index 463757b7..b5491a9d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ class K8SCopyToPod(K8SCopy):
             else:
                 tar_command = ['tar', '-xmf', '-']
 
+            if dest_file.startswith("/"):
+                tar_command.extend(['-C', '/'])
+
             response = stream(self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
                               self.name,
                               self.namespace,