diff --git a/runtime/autoload/tar.vim b/runtime/autoload/tar.vim
index a3abbc7..c8d5d03 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/tar.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/tar.vim
@@ -780,9 +780,9 @@ fun! tar#Vimuntar(...)
   " if necessary, decompress the tarball; then, extract it
   if tartail =~ '\.tgz'
    if executable("gunzip")
-    silent exe "!gunzip ".shellescape(tartail)
+    silent exe "!gunzip ".shellescape(tartail, 1)
    elseif executable("gzip")
-    silent exe "!gzip -d ".shellescape(tartail)
+    silent exe "!gzip -d ".shellescape(tartail, 1)
    else
     echoerr "unable to decompress<".tartail."> on this system"
     if simplify(curdir) != simplify(tarhome)
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_all.mak b/src/testdir/Make_all.mak
index 8dd04e7..2b3d16d 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_all.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_all.mak
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ NEW_TESTS = \
 	test_partial \
 	test_paste \
 	test_perl \
+	test_plugin_tar \
 	test_plus_arg_edit \
 	test_popup \
 	test_popupwin \
@@ -476,6 +477,7 @@ NEW_TESTS_RES = \
 	test_partial.res \
 	test_paste.res \
 	test_perl.res \
+	test_plugin_tar.res \
 	test_plus_arg_edit.res \
 	test_popup.res \
 	test_popupwin.res \
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_plugin_tar.vim b/src/testdir/test_plugin_tar.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e712df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test_plugin_tar.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+vim9script
+
+source check.vim
+CheckNotMSWindows
+
+runtime plugin/tarPlugin.vim
+
+def g:Test_extract_command_injection()
+  CheckExecutable gunzip
+  CheckExecutable touch
+  var tgz = eval('0z1F8B08087795056A000364756D6D792E74617200EDCE2B12C2300004D01C254' ..
+   '7480269CE534080A8495BD1DBF3996106C3A08A7ACFACD8157B59A7690BFB4A0FC3707C666E357D' ..
+   'E65BC8B5A47CC8A5D61A522EA5B510D3CEBF5ED679197B8CE17CEDB7F9D4C76FBB5F3D000000000' ..
+   '000000000FCD11D32415E2C00280000')
+  var dirname = tempname()
+
+  mkdir(dirname, 'R')
+  var tar = dirname .. "/';%$(touch pwned)'.tgz"
+  writefile(tgz, tar)
+  new
+  exe "e " .. fnameescape(tar)
+  exe ":Vimuntar " .. dirname
+  assert_false(filereadable(dirname .. "/pwned"))
+  bw!
+enddef