diff --git a/src/archive.rs b/src/archive.rs
index 4df3a312f..e53aea880 100644
--- a/src/archive.rs
+++ b/src/archive.rs
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ impl CompressionMethod {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn is_enabled(self, tar_enabled: bool, zip_enabled: bool) -> bool {
+    pub fn is_enabled(self, tar_enabled: bool, tar_gz_enabled: bool, zip_enabled: bool) -> bool {
         match self {
-            CompressionMethod::TarGz => tar_enabled,
+            CompressionMethod::TarGz => tar_gz_enabled,
             CompressionMethod::Tar => tar_enabled,
             CompressionMethod::Zip => zip_enabled,
         }
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 81e49dcbe..819618f2f 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -99,10 +99,14 @@ pub struct CliArgs {
     #[structopt(short = "o", long = "overwrite-files")]
     pub overwrite_files: bool,
 
-    /// Enable tar archive generation
+    /// Enable uncompressed tar archive generation
     #[structopt(short = "r", long = "enable-tar")]
     pub enable_tar: bool,
 
+    /// Enable gz-compressed tar archive generation
+    #[structopt(short = "g", long = "enable-tar-gz")]
+    pub enable_tar_gz: bool,
+
     /// Enable zip archive generation
     ///
     /// WARNING: Zipping large directories can result in out-of-memory exception
diff --git a/src/listing.rs b/src/listing.rs
index 66aea6b69..cff4f9a44 100644
--- a/src/listing.rs
+++ b/src/listing.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ pub fn directory_listing(
     show_qrcode: bool,
     upload_route: String,
     tar_enabled: bool,
+    tar_gz_enabled: bool,
     zip_enabled: bool,
     dirs_first: bool,
     hide_version_footer: bool,
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ pub fn directory_listing(
     }
 
     if let Some(compression_method) = query_params.download {
-        if !compression_method.is_enabled(tar_enabled, zip_enabled) {
+        if !compression_method.is_enabled(tar_enabled, tar_gz_enabled, zip_enabled) {
             return Ok(ServiceResponse::new(
                 req.clone(),
                 HttpResponse::Forbidden()
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ pub fn directory_listing(
                         &encoded_dir,
                         breadcrumbs,
                         tar_enabled,
+                        tar_gz_enabled,
                         zip_enabled,
                         hide_version_footer,
                     )
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 84a4cb8ee..f174d5753 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -90,9 +90,12 @@ pub struct MiniserveConfig {
     /// Enable upload to override existing files
     pub overwrite_files: bool,
 
-    /// If false, creation of tar archives is disabled
+    /// If false, creation of uncompressed tar archives is disabled
     pub tar_enabled: bool,
 
+    /// If false, creation of gz-compressed tar archives is disabled
+    pub tar_gz_enabled: bool,
+
     /// If false, creation of zip archives is disabled
     pub zip_enabled: bool,
 
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ impl MiniserveConfig {
             show_qrcode: args.qrcode,
             file_upload: args.file_upload,
             tar_enabled: args.enable_tar,
+            tar_gz_enabled: args.enable_tar_gz,
             zip_enabled: args.enable_zip,
             dirs_first: args.dirs_first,
             title: args.title,
@@ -411,6 +415,7 @@ fn configure_app(app: &mut web::ServiceConfig, conf: &MiniserveConfig) {
         let show_qrcode = conf.show_qrcode;
         let file_upload = conf.file_upload;
         let tar_enabled = conf.tar_enabled;
+        let tar_gz_enabled = conf.tar_gz_enabled;
         let zip_enabled = conf.zip_enabled;
         let dirs_first = conf.dirs_first;
         let hide_version_footer = conf.hide_version_footer;
@@ -453,6 +458,7 @@ fn configure_app(app: &mut web::ServiceConfig, conf: &MiniserveConfig) {
                         show_qrcode,
                         u_r.clone(),
                         tar_enabled,
+                        tar_gz_enabled,
                         zip_enabled,
                         dirs_first,
                         hide_version_footer,
diff --git a/src/renderer.rs b/src/renderer.rs
index c9ec9cdbd..5cb545239 100644
--- a/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub fn page(
     encoded_dir: &str,
     breadcrumbs: Vec<Breadcrumb>,
     tar_enabled: bool,
+    tar_gz_enabled: bool,
     zip_enabled: bool,
     hide_version_footer: bool,
 ) -> Markup {
@@ -94,10 +95,10 @@ pub fn page(
                         }
                     }
                     div.toolbar {
-                        @if tar_enabled || zip_enabled {
+                        @if tar_enabled || tar_gz_enabled || zip_enabled {
                             div.download {
                                 @for compression_method in CompressionMethod::iter() {
-                                    @if compression_method.is_enabled(tar_enabled, zip_enabled) {
+                                    @if compression_method.is_enabled(tar_enabled, tar_gz_enabled, zip_enabled) {
                                         (archive_button(compression_method, sort_method, sort_order))
                                     }
                                 }
diff --git a/tests/archive.rs b/tests/archive.rs
index c170bc3a0..6a7f8bf23 100644
--- a/tests/archive.rs
+++ b/tests/archive.rs
@@ -51,3 +51,44 @@ fn archives_are_disabled(tmpdir: TempDir, port: u16) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[rstest]
+fn test_tar_archives(tmpdir: TempDir, port: u16) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut child = Command::cargo_bin("miniserve")?
+        .arg(tmpdir.path())
+        .arg("-p")
+        .arg(port.to_string())
+        .arg("-g")
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()?;
+
+    sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    // Ensure the links to the tar archive exists and tar not exists
+    let body = reqwest::blocking::get(format!("http://localhost:{}", port).as_str())?
+        .error_for_status()?;
+    let parsed = Document::from_read(body)?;
+    assert!(parsed.find(Text).any(|x| x.text() == "Download .tar.gz"));
+    assert!(parsed.find(Text).all(|x| x.text() != "Download .tar"));
+
+    // Try to download, only tar_gz should works
+    assert_eq!(
+        reqwest::blocking::get(format!("http://localhost:{}/?download=tar_gz", port).as_str())?
+            .status(),
+        StatusCode::OK
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        reqwest::blocking::get(format!("http://localhost:{}/?download=tar", port).as_str())?
+            .status(),
+        StatusCode::FORBIDDEN
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        reqwest::blocking::get(format!("http://localhost:{}/?download=zip", port).as_str())?
+            .status(),
+        StatusCode::FORBIDDEN
+    );
+
+    child.kill()?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}