diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Tar/TarArchive.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Tar/TarArchive.cs
index 35d7fd15..961c1f6e 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Tar/TarArchive.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Tar/TarArchive.cs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Archives.Tar
                                        IEnumerable<TarArchiveEntry> oldEntries,
                                        IEnumerable<TarArchiveEntry> newEntries)
         {
-            using (var writer = new TarWriter(stream, options))
+            using (var writer = new TarWriter(stream, new TarWriterOptions(options)))
             {
                 foreach (var entry in oldEntries.Concat(newEntries)
                                                 .Where(x => !x.IsDirectory))
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs
index db7bc97a..659c60e1 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Writers.Tar
 {
     public class TarWriter : AbstractWriter
     {
-        public TarWriter(Stream destination, WriterOptions options)
+        private bool finalizeArchiveOnClose;
+
+        public TarWriter(Stream destination, TarWriterOptions options)
             : base(ArchiveType.Tar, options)
         {
+            finalizeArchiveOnClose = options.FinalizeArchiveOnClose;
+
             if (!destination.CanWrite)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException("Tars require writable streams.");
@@ -97,8 +101,10 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Writers.Tar
         {
             if (isDisposing)
             {
-                PadTo512(0, true);
-                PadTo512(0, true);
+                if (finalizeArchiveOnClose) {
+                    PadTo512(0, true);
+                    PadTo512(0, true);
+                }
                 switch (OutputStream)
                 {
                     case BZip2Stream b:
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriterOptions.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriterOptions.cs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9174b23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriterOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using SharpCompress.Archives;
+using SharpCompress.Common;
+
+namespace SharpCompress.Writers.Tar
+{
+    public class TarWriterOptions : WriterOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates if archive should be finalized (by 2 empty blocks) on close.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool FinalizeArchiveOnClose { get; }
+
+        public TarWriterOptions(CompressionType compressionType, bool finalizeArchiveOnClose)
+            : base(compressionType)
+        {
+            FinalizeArchiveOnClose = finalizeArchiveOnClose;
+        }
+
+        internal TarWriterOptions(WriterOptions options) : this(options.CompressionType, true)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Writers/WriterFactory.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/WriterFactory.cs
index b623ee63..1f1c01a5 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Writers/WriterFactory.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/WriterFactory.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Writers
                 }
                 case ArchiveType.Tar:
                 {
-                    return new TarWriter(stream, writerOptions);
+                    return new TarWriter(stream, new TarWriterOptions(writerOptions));
                 }
                 default:
                 {
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarWriterTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarWriterTests.cs
index faeabd22..4b0b2168 100644
--- a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarWriterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarWriterTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using SharpCompress.Common;
+using System.IO;
+using SharpCompress.Common;
+using SharpCompress.Writers.Tar;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace SharpCompress.Test.Tar
@@ -34,5 +36,22 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Test.Tar
         {
             Assert.Throws<InvalidFormatException>(() => Write(CompressionType.Rar, "Zip.ppmd.noEmptyDirs.zip", "Zip.ppmd.noEmptyDirs.zip"));
         }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(true)]
+        [InlineData(false)]
+        public void Tar_Finalize_Archive(bool finalizeArchive)
+        {
+            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
+            using (Stream content = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine(ORIGINAL_FILES_PATH, "jpg", "test.jpg"))) {
+                using (TarWriter writer = new TarWriter(stream, new TarWriterOptions(CompressionType.None, finalizeArchive)))             {
+                    writer.Write("doesn't matter", content, null);
+                }
+
+                var paddedContentWithHeader = content.Length / 512 * 512 + 512 + 512;
+                var expectedStreamLength = finalizeArchive ? paddedContentWithHeader + 512 * 2 : paddedContentWithHeader;
+                Assert.Equal(expectedStreamLength, stream.Length);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }