diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs
index ef86ab00..0e379e6b 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#nullable disable
+#nullable disable
 
 using System;
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ internal bool Read(BinaryReader reader)
             Mode |= 0b1_000_000_000;
         }
 
-        UserId = ReadAsciiInt64Base8(buffer, 108, 7);
-        GroupId = ReadAsciiInt64Base8(buffer, 116, 7);
+        UserId = ReadAsciiInt64Base8oldGnu(buffer, 108, 7);
+        GroupId = ReadAsciiInt64Base8oldGnu(buffer, 116, 7);
         var unixTimeStamp = ReadAsciiInt64Base8(buffer, 136, 11);
         LastModifiedTime = EPOCH.AddSeconds(unixTimeStamp).ToLocalTime();
 
@@ -249,6 +249,24 @@ private static long ReadAsciiInt64Base8(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
         return Convert.ToInt64(s, 8);
     }
 
+    private static long ReadAsciiInt64Base8oldGnu(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+    {
+        if (buffer[offset] == 0x80 && buffer[offset + 1] == 0x00)
+        {
+            return buffer[offset + 4] << 24
+                | buffer[offset + 5] << 16
+                | buffer[offset + 6] << 8
+                | buffer[offset + 7];
+        }
+        var s = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, offset, count).TrimNulls();
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return Convert.ToInt64(s, 8);
+    }
+
     private static long ReadAsciiInt64(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
     {
         var s = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, offset, count).TrimNulls();
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
index 218eb43f..4952b702 100644
--- a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public void Tar_Skip()
     [Fact]
     public void Tar_Xz_Reader() => Read("Tar.tar.xz", CompressionType.Xz);
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Tar_GZip_OldGnu_Reader() => Read("Tar.oldgnu.tar.gz", CompressionType.GZip);
+
     [Fact]
     public void Tar_BZip2_Entry_Stream()
     {
diff --git a/tests/TestArchives/Archives/Tar.oldgnu.tar.gz b/tests/TestArchives/Archives/Tar.oldgnu.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbffb7a2
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/TestArchives/Archives/Tar.oldgnu.tar.gz differ