diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0eb941e5..65189d8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [workspace]
 members = ["systest"]
 
+
 [dependencies]
 lzma-sys = { path = "lzma-sys", version = "0.1.11" }
 tokio-io = { version = "0.1.12", optional = true }
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ futures = { version = "0.1.26", optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.7.0"
 quickcheck = "0.9.0"
+tar = "0.4.26"
 tokio-core = "0.1.17"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/examples/unpack-archive.rs b/examples/unpack-archive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81f053c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unpack-archive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use std::{fs, io::Read, path::PathBuf};
+use tar::Archive;
+use xz2::read::XzDecoder;
+
+fn unpack_tar_xz(archive_path: &PathBuf, dest: &PathBuf) {
+    let archive_bytes = fs::read(archive_path).expect("Problem reading archive as bytes");
+
+    let mut tar: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    let mut decompressor = XzDecoder::new(&archive_bytes[..]);
+    decompressor.read_to_end(&mut tar).expect("Problem decompressing archive");
+
+    // We've decompressed the .xz; now unpack the tar.
+    let mut archive = Archive::new(&tar[..]);
+    archive.unpack(dest).expect("Problem unpacking tar");
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    
+}
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