diff --git a/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_vfsops.c b/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_vfsops.c
--- a/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_vfsops.c
@@ -553,13 +553,14 @@
 	TARFS_DPF(ALLOC, "%s: [%c] %zu @%jd %o %d:%d\n", __func__,
 	    hdrp->typeflag[0], sz, (intmax_t)mtime, mode, uid, gid);
 
-	/* extended header? */
+	/* global extended header? */
 	if (hdrp->typeflag[0] == TAR_TYPE_GLOBAL_EXTHDR) {
-		printf("%s: unsupported global extended header at %zu\n",
-		    __func__, (size_t)(TARFS_BLOCKSIZE * (blknum - 1)));
-		error = EFTYPE;
-		goto bad;
+		TARFS_DPF(ALLOC, "%s: %zu-byte global extended header at %zu\n",
+		    __func__, sz, TARFS_BLOCKSIZE * (blknum - 1));
+		goto skip;
 	}
+
+	/* extended header? */
 	if (hdrp->typeflag[0] == TAR_TYPE_EXTHDR) {
 		if (exthdr != NULL) {
 			TARFS_DPF(IO, "%s: multiple extended headers at %zu\n",
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@
 			goto bad;
 		}
 		/* read the contents of the exthdr */
-		TARFS_DPF(ALLOC, "%s: %zu-byte extended header at %zd\n",
+		TARFS_DPF(ALLOC, "%s: %zu-byte extended header at %zu\n",
 		    __func__, sz, TARFS_BLOCKSIZE * (blknum - 1));
 		exthdr = malloc(sz, M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);
 		res = tarfs_io_read_buf(tmp, false, exthdr,
diff --git a/tests/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_test.sh b/tests/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_test.sh
--- a/tests/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_test.sh
+++ b/tests/sys/fs/tarfs/tarfs_test.sh
@@ -357,6 +357,29 @@
 	tarfs_cleanup
 }
 
+atf_test_case tarfs_git_archive cleanup
+tarfs_git_archive_head() {
+	atf_set "descr" "Verify that tarfs supports archives created by git"
+	atf_set "require.user" "root"
+	atf_set "require.progs" "git"
+}
+tarfs_git_archive_body() {
+	tarfs_setup
+	mkdir foo
+	echo "Hello, world!" >foo/bar
+	git -C foo init --initial-branch=tarfs
+	git -C foo config user.name "File System"
+	git -C foo config user.email fs@freebsd.org
+	git -C foo add bar
+	git -C foo commit -m bar
+	git -C foo archive --output=../tarfs_git_archive.tar HEAD
+	atf_check mount -rt tarfs tarfs_git_archive.tar "${mnt}"
+	atf_check -o file:foo/bar cat "${mnt}"/bar
+}
+tarfs_git_archive_cleanup() {
+	tarfs_cleanup
+}
+
 atf_init_test_cases() {
 	atf_add_test_case tarfs_basic
 	atf_add_test_case tarfs_basic_gnu
@@ -374,4 +397,5 @@
 	atf_add_test_case tarfs_checksum
 	atf_add_test_case tarfs_long_names
 	atf_add_test_case tarfs_long_paths
+	atf_add_test_case tarfs_git_archive
 }