diff --git a/src/parse.ts b/src/parse.ts
index d0b0781e..0147f786 100644
--- a/src/parse.ts
+++ b/src/parse.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export class Parser extends EE implements Warner {
           })
         } else if (
           !/^(Symbolic)?Link$/.test(type) &&
+          !/^(Global)?ExtendedHeader$/.test(type) &&
           header.linkpath
         ) {
           this.warn('TAR_ENTRY_INVALID', 'linkpath forbidden', {
diff --git a/test/extract.js b/test/extract.js
index 8fe8eff1..ce2afeb7 100644
--- a/test/extract.js
+++ b/test/extract.js
@@ -415,3 +415,17 @@ t.test('brotli', async t => {
     t.end()
   })
 })
+
+t.test('verify long linkname is not a problem', async t => {
+  // See: https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/issues/312
+  const file = path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/long-linkname.tar')
+  t.test('sync', t => {
+    x({ sync: true, strict: true, file, C: t.testdir({}) })
+    t.ok(fs.lstatSync(t.testdirName + '/test').isSymbolicLink())
+    t.end()
+  })
+  t.test('async', async t => {
+    await x({ file, C: t.testdir({}), strict: true })
+    t.ok(fs.lstatSync(t.testdirName + '/test').isSymbolicLink())
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/long-linkname.tar b/test/fixtures/long-linkname.tar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34c0ea57
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diff --git a/test/unpack.js b/test/unpack.js
index f7c4f88a..2f167a30 100644
--- a/test/unpack.js
+++ b/test/unpack.js
@@ -1821,11 +1821,12 @@ t.test('set owner', t => {
           if (!warned) {
             warned = true
             t.equal(er, poop)
-            t.end()
           }
         },
       })
       u.end(data)
+      t.equal(warned, true)
+      t.end()
     })
 
     t.test('async', t => {
@@ -1838,10 +1839,13 @@ t.test('set owner', t => {
           if (!warned) {
             warned = true
             t.equal(er, poop)
-            t.end()
           }
         },
       })
+      u.on('finish', () => {
+        t.equal(warned, true)
+        t.end()
+      })
       u.end(data)
     })