diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c70fae..cea0c4c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ For compiling, check [the wiki guide](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/wiki/Comp
 
 ## Supported formats
 
-|               | .tar | .zip | .bz, .bz2 | .gz | .xz, .lz, .lzma | .zst |
+|               | .tar, .tgz | .zip | .bz, .bz2 | .gz | .xz, .lz, .lzma | .zst |
 |:-------------:|:----:|:----:|:---------:| --- |:---------------:| --- |
 | Decompression | ✓   | ✓   | ✓         | ✓  |   ✓            | ✓  |
 |  Compression  | ✓   | ✓   | ✓         | ✓  |   ✓            | ✓  |
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 24847bc..3ae5cd9 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -170,14 +170,23 @@ fn compress_files(
     let file_writer = BufWriter::with_capacity(BUFFER_CAPACITY, output_file);
 
     if formats.len() == 1 {
-        let build_archive_from_paths = match formats[0] {
-            Tar => archive::tar::build_archive_from_paths,
-            Zip => archive::zip::build_archive_from_paths,
+        match formats[0] {
+            Tar => {
+                let mut bufwriter = archive::tar::build_archive_from_paths(&files, file_writer)?;
+                bufwriter.flush()?;
+            }
+            Tgz => {
+                // Wrap it into an gz_decoder, and pass to the tar archive builder
+                let gz_decoder = flate2::write::GzEncoder::new(file_writer, Default::default());
+                let mut bufwriter = archive::tar::build_archive_from_paths(&files, gz_decoder)?;
+                bufwriter.flush()?;
+            }
+            Zip => {
+                let mut bufwriter = archive::zip::build_archive_from_paths(&files, file_writer)?;
+                bufwriter.flush()?;
+            }
             _ => unreachable!(),
         };
-
-        let mut bufwriter = build_archive_from_paths(&files, file_writer)?;
-        bufwriter.flush()?;
     } else {
         let mut writer: Box<dyn Write> = Box::new(file_writer);
 
@@ -213,6 +222,12 @@ fn compress_files(
                 let mut writer = archive::tar::build_archive_from_paths(&files, writer)?;
                 writer.flush()?;
             }
+            Tgz => {
+                // Wrap it into an gz_decoder, and pass to the tar archive builder
+                let gz_decoder = flate2::write::GzEncoder::new(writer, Default::default());
+                let mut writer = archive::tar::build_archive_from_paths(&files, gz_decoder)?;
+                writer.flush()?;
+            }
             Zip => {
                 eprintln!("{yellow}Warning:{reset}", yellow = colors::yellow(), reset = colors::reset());
                 eprintln!("\tCompressing .zip entirely in memory.");
@@ -305,6 +320,12 @@ fn decompress_file(
             let _ = crate::archive::tar::unpack_archive(reader, output_folder, flags)?;
             info!("Successfully uncompressed archive in '{}'.", to_utf(output_folder));
         }
+        Tgz => {
+            utils::create_dir_if_non_existent(output_folder)?;
+            let reader = chain_reader_decoder(&Gzip, reader)?;
+            let _ = crate::archive::tar::unpack_archive(reader, output_folder, flags)?;
+            info!("Successfully uncompressed archive in '{}'.", to_utf(output_folder));
+        }
         Zip => {
             utils::create_dir_if_non_existent(output_folder)?;
 
diff --git a/src/extension.rs b/src/extension.rs
index 5f33b58..aa2777a 100644
--- a/src/extension.rs
+++ b/src/extension.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Our representation of all the supported compression formats.
 
-use std::{fmt, path::Path};
+use std::{ffi::OsStr, fmt, path::Path};
 
 use self::CompressionFormat::*;
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub enum CompressionFormat {
     Bzip, // .bz
     Lzma, // .lzma
     Tar,  // .tar (technically not a compression extension, but will do for now)
+    Tgz,  // .tgz
     Zstd, // .zst
     Zip,  // .zip
 }
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for CompressionFormat {
                 Zstd => ".zst",
                 Lzma => ".lz",
                 Tar => ".tar",
+                Tgz => ".tgz",
                 Zip => ".zip",
             }
         )
@@ -44,18 +46,17 @@ pub fn separate_known_extensions_from_name(mut path: &Path) -> (&Path, Vec<Compr
     let mut extensions = vec![];
 
     // While there is known extensions at the tail, grab them
-    while let Some(extension) = path.extension() {
-        let extension = match () {
-            _ if extension == "tar" => Tar,
-            _ if extension == "zip" => Zip,
-            _ if extension == "bz" || extension == "bz2" => Bzip,
-            _ if extension == "gz" => Gzip,
-            _ if extension == "xz" || extension == "lzma" || extension == "lz" => Lzma,
-            _ if extension == "zst" => Zstd,
+    while let Some(extension) = path.extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str) {
+        extensions.push(match extension {
+            "tar" => Tar,
+            "tgz" => Tgz,
+            "zip" => Zip,
+            "bz" | "bz2" => Bzip,
+            "gz" => Gzip,
+            "xz" | "lzma" | "lz" => Lzma,
+            "zst" => Zstd,
             _ => break,
-        };
-
-        extensions.push(extension);
+        });
 
         // Update for the next iteration
         path = if let Some(stem) = path.file_stem() { Path::new(stem) } else { Path::new("") };
diff --git a/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs b/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
index 22b99fc..e97ab33 100644
--- a/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
+++ b/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ fn sanity_check_through_mime() {
     let bytes = generate_random_file_content(&mut SmallRng::from_entropy());
     test_file.write_all(&bytes).expect("to successfully write bytes to the file");
 
-    let formats = ["tar", "zip", "tar.gz", "tar.bz", "tar.bz2", "tar.lzma", "tar.xz", "tar.zst"];
+    let formats = ["tar", "zip", "tar.gz", "tgz", "tar.bz", "tar.bz2", "tar.lzma", "tar.xz", "tar.zst"];
 
     let expected_mimes = [
         "application/x-tar",
         "application/zip",
         "application/gzip",
+        "application/gzip",
         "application/x-bzip2",
         "application/x-bzip2",
         "application/x-xz",
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ fn test_each_format() {
     test_compressing_and_decompressing_archive("tar.lz");
     test_compressing_and_decompressing_archive("tar.lzma");
     test_compressing_and_decompressing_archive("tar.zst");
+    test_compressing_and_decompressing_archive("tgz");
     test_compressing_and_decompressing_archive("zip");
     test_compressing_and_decompressing_archive("zip.gz");
     test_compressing_and_decompressing_archive("zip.bz");