diff --git a/pkg/vendir/fetch/archive.go b/pkg/vendir/fetch/archive.go
index 8bfc4d66..d5ec475e 100644
--- a/pkg/vendir/fetch/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/vendir/fetch/archive.go
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ func (t Archive) tryTarWithGzip(path, dstPath string, gzipped bool) (bool, error
 				return true, err
 			}
 
+		case tar.TypeXGlobalHeader:
+			continue
+
 		default:
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("Unknown file '%s' (%d)", header.Name, header.Typeflag)
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e/http_tar_test.go b/test/e2e/http_tar_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4503e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/http_tar_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright 2023 VMware, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestHttpTarGz(t *testing.T) {
+	env := BuildEnv(t)
+	logger := Logger{}
+	vendir := Vendir{t, env.BinaryPath, logger}
+	dstPath, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "vendir-e2e-http-targz-dst")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dstPath)
+
+	yaml := `
+apiVersion: vendir.k14s.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Config
+directories:
+- path: vendor
+  contents:
+  - path: github.com/carvel-dev/vendir
+    http:
+      url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/vendir/archive/refs/tags/v0.34.4.tar.gz
+  `
+
+	logger.Section("sync tar.gz made with git archive", func() {
+		_, err := vendir.RunWithOpts([]string{"sync", "-f", "-"}, RunOpts{Dir: dstPath, StdinReader: strings.NewReader(yaml), AllowError: true})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", dstPath, "vendor/github.com/carvel-dev/vendir/v0.34.4.tar.gz"))
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		_, err = os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", dstPath, "vendor/github.com/carvel-dev/vendir/vendir-0.34.4/cmd/vendir/vendir.go"))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}