2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archival/gunzip.c b/archival/gunzip.c
index c4e84260b..430bc630e 100644
--- a/archival/gunzip.c
+++ b/archival/gunzip.c
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ extern int gunzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 /* Open input file */
                 in_file = xfopen(if_name, "r");
 
+                /* set the buffer size */
+                setvbuf(in_file, NULL, _IOFBF, 0x8000);
+
                 /* Get the time stamp on the input file. */
                 if (stat(if_name, &stat_buf) < 0) {
                         error_msg_and_die("Couldn't stat file %s", if_name);
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 31443ee22..cf65798ff 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 /* unzip tarFd in a seperate process */
                 if (unzipFlag == TRUE) {
                         comp_file = fdopen(tarFd, "r");
+
+                        /* set the buffer size */
+                        setvbuf(comp_file, NULL, _IOFBF, 0x8000);
+
                         if ((tarFd = fileno(gz_open(comp_file, &pid))) == EXIT_FAILURE) {
                                 error_msg_and_die("Couldnt unzip file");
                         }