diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c08f53682..dea6854f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Categories Used:
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - Fix various panics not handled gracefully (https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/950)
+- Handle GNUSparse archive entries during tar decompression (https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/975)
 
 ### Tweaks
 
diff --git a/src/archive/tar.rs b/src/archive/tar.rs
index 9dc992915..843cd3cf7 100644
--- a/src/archive/tar.rs
+++ b/src/archive/tar.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn unpack_archive(reader: impl Read, output_folder: &Path) -> Result<u64> {
 
                 fs::hard_link(&full_target_path, &full_link_path)?;
             }
-            tar::EntryType::Regular => {
+            tar::EntryType::Regular | tar::EntryType::GNUSparse => {
                 entry.unpack_in(output_folder)?;
             }
             tar::EntryType::Directory => {