diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index d446d5f..f0e755e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -208,6 +208,15 @@
         self.assert_(tarinfo.type == tarfile.DIRTYPE,
                 "v7 dirtype failed")
 
+    def test_xstar_type(self):
+        # The xstar format stores extra atime and ctime fields inside the
+        # space reserved for the prefix field. The prefix field must be
+        # ignored in this case, otherwise it will mess up the name.
+        try:
+            self.tar.getmember("misc/regtype-xstar")
+        except KeyError:
+            self.fail("failed to find misc/regtype-xstar (mangled prefix?)")
+
     def test_check_members(self):
         for tarinfo in self.tar:
             self.assert_(int(tarinfo.mtime) == 07606136617,
diff --git a/Lib/test/testtar.tar b/Lib/test/testtar.tar
index 3529bdf..b5bb46b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/testtar.tar
+++ b/Lib/test/testtar.tar
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