diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchiveEntry.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchiveEntry.cs
index 4b3835e0..cdbbc89d 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchiveEntry.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchiveEntry.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Archives.GZip
 
         public virtual Stream OpenEntryStream()
         {
+            //this is to reset the stream to be read multiple times
+            var part = Parts.Single() as GZipFilePart;
+            if (part.GetRawStream().Position != part.EntryStartPosition)
+            {
+                part.GetRawStream().Position = part.EntryStartPosition;
+            }
             return Parts.Single().GetCompressedStream();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipFilePart.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipFilePart.cs
index b0880992..f793195a 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipFilePart.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipFilePart.cs
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Common.GZip
         internal GZipFilePart(Stream stream)
         {
             ReadAndValidateGzipHeader(stream);
+            EntryStartPosition = stream.Position;
             this.stream = stream;
         }
 
+        internal long EntryStartPosition { get; }
+
         internal DateTime? DateModified { get; private set; }
 
         internal override string FilePartName { get { return name; } }
diff --git a/test/SharpCompress.Test/GZip/GZipArchiveTests.cs b/test/SharpCompress.Test/GZip/GZipArchiveTests.cs
index c0b85745..784c270b 100644
--- a/test/SharpCompress.Test/GZip/GZipArchiveTests.cs
+++ b/test/SharpCompress.Test/GZip/GZipArchiveTests.cs
@@ -55,5 +55,47 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Test
                 archive.SaveTo(Path.Combine(SCRATCH_FILES_PATH, "Tar.tar.gz"));
             }
         }
+
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void GZip_Archive_Multiple_Reads()
+        {
+            ResetScratch();
+            var inputStream = new MemoryStream();
+            using (var fileStream = File.Open(Path.Combine(TEST_ARCHIVES_PATH, "Tar.tar.gz"), FileMode.Open))
+            {
+                fileStream.CopyTo(inputStream);
+                inputStream.Position = 0;
+            }
+            using (var archive = GZipArchive.Open(inputStream))
+            {
+                var archiveEntry = archive.Entries.First();
+
+                MemoryStream tarStream;
+                using (var entryStream = archiveEntry.OpenEntryStream())
+                {
+                    tarStream = new MemoryStream();
+                    entryStream.CopyTo(tarStream);
+                }
+                var size = tarStream.Length;
+                using (var entryStream = archiveEntry.OpenEntryStream())
+                {
+                    tarStream = new MemoryStream();
+                    entryStream.CopyTo(tarStream);
+                }
+                Assert.Equal(size, tarStream.Length);
+                using (var entryStream = archiveEntry.OpenEntryStream())
+                {
+                    var result = SharpCompress.Archives.Tar.TarArchive.IsTarFile(entryStream);
+                }
+                Assert.Equal(size, tarStream.Length);
+                using (var entryStream = archiveEntry.OpenEntryStream())
+                {
+                    tarStream = new MemoryStream();
+                    entryStream.CopyTo(tarStream);
+                }
+                Assert.Equal(size, tarStream.Length);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }