diff --git a/test/extract.js b/test/extract.js
index 268579d..c1e4fd3 100644
--- a/test/extract.js
+++ b/test/extract.js
@@ -404,4 +404,17 @@ test('name-is-100', function(t) {
 	});
 
 	extract.end(fs.readFileSync(fixtures.NAME_IS_100_TAR));
+});
+
+test('invalid-file', function(t) {
+	t.plan(1);
+
+	var extract = tar.extract();
+
+	extract.on('error', function(err) {
+		t.ok(!!err);
+		extract.destroy();
+	});
+
+	extract.end(fs.readFileSync(fixtures.INVALID_TGZ));
 });
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/index.js b/test/fixtures/index.js
index 034259b..59bc87b 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/index.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/index.js
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ exports.TYPES_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'types.tar');
 exports.LONG_NAME_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'long-name.tar');
 exports.UNICODE_BSD_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'unicode-bsd.tar');
 exports.UNICODE_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'unicode.tar');
-exports.NAME_IS_100_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'name-is-100.tar');
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+exports.NAME_IS_100_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'name-is-100.tar');
+exports.INVALID_TGZ = path.join(__dirname, 'invalid.tgz');
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/invalid.tgz b/test/fixtures/invalid.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea35ec4
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