diff --git a/extract.js b/extract.js
index d685bb3..0ddcdbf 100644
--- a/extract.js
+++ b/extract.js
@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@ var headers = require('./headers')
 var Writable = require('readable-stream').Writable
 var PassThrough = require('readable-stream').PassThrough
 
-var noop = function() {}
+var noop = function () {}
 
-var overflow = function(size) {
+var overflow = function (size) {
   size &= 511
   return size && 512 - size
 }
 
-var emptyStream = function(self, offset) {
+var emptyStream = function (self, offset) {
   var s = new Source(self, offset)
   s.end()
   return s
 }
 
-var mixinPax = function(header, pax) {
+var mixinPax = function (header, pax) {
   if (pax.path) header.name = pax.path
   if (pax.linkpath) header.linkname = pax.linkpath
   return header
 }
 
-var Source = function(self, offset) {
+var Source = function (self, offset) {
   this._parent = self
   this.offset = offset
   PassThrough.call(this)
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ var Source = function(self, offset) {
 
 util.inherits(Source, PassThrough)
 
-Source.prototype.destroy = function(err) {
+Source.prototype.destroy = function (err) {
   this._parent.destroy(err)
 }
 
-var Extract = function(opts) {
+var Extract = function (opts) {
   if (!(this instanceof Extract)) return new Extract(opts)
   Writable.call(this, opts)
 
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ var Extract = function(opts) {
   var self = this
   var b = self._buffer
 
-  var oncontinue = function() {
+  var oncontinue = function () {
     self._continue()
   }
 
-  var onunlock = function(err) {
+  var onunlock = function (err) {
     self._locked = false
     if (err) return self.destroy(err)
     if (!self._stream) oncontinue()
   }
 
-  var onstreamend = function() {
+  var onstreamend = function () {
     self._stream = null
     var drain = overflow(self._header.size)
     if (drain) self._parse(drain, ondrain)
@@ -77,20 +77,20 @@ var Extract = function(opts) {
     if (!self._locked) oncontinue()
   }
 
-  var ondrain = function() {
+  var ondrain = function () {
     self._buffer.consume(overflow(self._header.size))
     self._parse(512, onheader)
     oncontinue()
   }
 
-  var onpaxglobalheader = function() {
+  var onpaxglobalheader = function () {
     var size = self._header.size
     self._paxGlobal = headers.decodePax(b.slice(0, size))
     b.consume(size)
     onstreamend()
   }
 
-  var onpaxheader = function() {
+  var onpaxheader = function () {
     var size = self._header.size
     self._pax = headers.decodePax(b.slice(0, size))
     if (self._paxGlobal) self._pax = xtend(self._paxGlobal, self._pax)
@@ -98,21 +98,21 @@ var Extract = function(opts) {
     onstreamend()
   }
 
-  var ongnulongpath = function() {
+  var ongnulongpath = function () {
     var size = self._header.size
     this._gnuLongPath = headers.decodeLongPath(b.slice(0, size))
     b.consume(size)
     onstreamend()
   }
 
-  var ongnulonglinkpath = function() {
+  var ongnulonglinkpath = function () {
     var size = self._header.size
     this._gnuLongLinkPath = headers.decodeLongPath(b.slice(0, size))
     b.consume(size)
     onstreamend()
   }
 
-  var onheader = function() {
+  var onheader = function () {
     var offset = self._offset
     var header
     try {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ var Extract = function(opts) {
 
 util.inherits(Extract, Writable)
 
-Extract.prototype.destroy = function(err) {
+Extract.prototype.destroy = function (err) {
   if (this._destroyed) return
   this._destroyed = true
 
@@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ Extract.prototype.destroy = function(err) {
   if (this._stream) this._stream.emit('close')
 }
 
-Extract.prototype._parse = function(size, onparse) {
+Extract.prototype._parse = function (size, onparse) {
   if (this._destroyed) return
   this._offset += size
   this._missing = size
   this._onparse = onparse
 }
 
-Extract.prototype._continue = function(err) {
+Extract.prototype._continue = function () {
   if (this._destroyed) return
   var cb = this._cb
   this._cb = noop
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Extract.prototype._continue = function(err) {
   else cb()
 }
 
-Extract.prototype._write = function(data, enc, cb) {
+Extract.prototype._write = function (data, enc, cb) {
   if (this._destroyed) return
 
   var s = this._stream
diff --git a/headers.js b/headers.js
index cab8803..992be10 100644
--- a/headers.js
+++ b/headers.js
@@ -190,13 +190,15 @@ exports.encode = function(opts) {
 }
 
 exports.decode = function(buf) {
+  var typeflag = buf[156] === 0 ? 0 : buf[156] - ZERO_OFFSET
+
   var name = decodeStr(buf, 0, 100)
   var mode = decodeOct(buf, 100)
   var uid = decodeOct(buf, 108)
   var gid = decodeOct(buf, 116)
   var size = decodeOct(buf, 124)
   var mtime = decodeOct(buf, 136)
-  var type = toType(buf[156] === 0 ? 0 : buf[156] - ZERO_OFFSET)
+  var type = toType(typeflag)
   var linkname = buf[157] === 0 ? null : decodeStr(buf, 157, 100)
   var uname = decodeStr(buf, 265, 32)
   var gname = decodeStr(buf, 297, 32)
@@ -205,6 +207,9 @@ exports.decode = function(buf) {
 
   if (buf[345]) name = decodeStr(buf, 345, 155)+'/'+name
 
+  // to support old tar versions that use trailing / to indicate dirs
+  if (typeflag === 0 && name && name[name.length - 1] === '/') typeflag = 5
+
   var c = cksum(buf)
 
   //checksum is still initial value if header was null.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cf54304..6481704 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 exports.extract = require('./extract')
-exports.pack = require('./pack')
\ No newline at end of file
+exports.pack = require('./pack')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b673849..e06216e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tar-stream",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "description": "tar-stream is a streaming tar parser and generator and nothing else. It is streams2 and operates purely using streams which means you can easily extract/parse tarballs without ever hitting the file system.",
   "author": "Mathias Buus <mathiasbuus@gmail.com>",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/index.js b/test/fixtures/index.js
index 1e5d37e..cf00dcb 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/index.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/index.js
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ exports.UNICODE_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'unicode.tar')
 exports.NAME_IS_100_TAR = path.join(__dirname, 'name-is-100.tar')
 exports.INVALID_TGZ = path.join(__dirname, 'invalid.tgz')
 exports.SPACE_TAR_GZ = path.join(__dirname, 'space.tar')
-exports.GNU_LONG_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'gnu-long-path.tar')
\ No newline at end of file
+exports.GNU_LONG_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'gnu-long-path.tar')
diff --git a/test/pack.js b/test/pack.js
index 89dadf2..76eb117 100644
--- a/test/pack.js
+++ b/test/pack.js
@@ -141,4 +141,4 @@ test('unicode', function(t) {
     t.equal(data.length & 511, 0)
     t.deepEqual(data, fs.readFileSync(fixtures.UNICODE_TAR))
   }))
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})