diff --git a/test/browser.spec.js b/test/browser.spec.js
index 50e8dbccd..df11dd1ad 100644
--- a/test/browser.spec.js
+++ b/test/browser.spec.js
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ describe('browser', () => {
     expect(uint8ArrayToString(myFixture)).to.be.eql('Hello Fixture\n')
   })
 
+  it('should load tar.gz fixures', () => {
+    const myFixture = loadFixture('test/fixtures/file.tar.gz')
+    expect(uint8ArrayToString(myFixture, 'base64')).to.equal('H4sICIlTHVIACw')
+  })
+
   it('non existing fixtures', () => {
     expect(() => loadFixture('/test/fixtures/asdalkdjaskldjatest.txt'))
       .to.throw()
diff --git a/test/fixtures.js b/test/fixtures.js
index b49632ffb..8c0c15672 100644
--- a/test/fixtures.js
+++ b/test/fixtures.js
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ describe('fixtures', () => {
     const myFixture = loadFixture(path.join('test', 'fixtures', 'test.txt'))
     expect(uint8ArrayToString(myFixture).trim()).to.be.eql('Hello Fixture')
   })
+
+  it('should load tar.gz fixures', () => {
+    const myFixture = loadFixture(path.join('test', 'fixtures', 'file.tar.gz'))
+    expect(uint8ArrayToString(myFixture, 'base64')).to.equal('H4sICIlTHVIACw')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/fixtures/file.tar.gz b/test/fixtures/file.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2534dcbeb
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