diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarBuffer.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarBuffer.java
index fa619fb03..d34b775e4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarBuffer.java
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ public class TarBuffer {
     /**
      * Flush the current data block if it has any data in it.
      */
-    private void flushBlock() throws IOException {
+    void flushBlock() throws IOException {
         if (debug) {
             System.err.println("TarBuffer.flushBlock() called.");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarOutputStream.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarOutputStream.java
index 417ad28e2..defab0de9 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarOutputStream.java
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public class TarOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream {
         // http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28776
         writeEOFRecord();
         writeEOFRecord();
+        buffer.flushBlock();
     }
 
     /**