diff --git a/src/node_zlib.cc b/src/node_zlib.cc
index c8ef8f3f863d01..9b3df6a4da4fa9 100644
--- a/src/node_zlib.cc
+++ b/src/node_zlib.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ enum node_zlib_mode {
 
 #define GZIP_HEADER_ID1 0x1f
 #define GZIP_HEADER_ID2 0x8b
-#define GZIP_MIN_HEADER_SIZE 10
 
 void InitZlib(v8::Local<v8::Object> target);
 
@@ -69,7 +68,8 @@ class ZCtx : public AsyncWrap {
         windowBits_(0),
         write_in_progress_(false),
         pending_close_(false),
-        refs_(0) {
+        refs_(0),
+        first_member_ended_(false) {
     MakeWeak<ZCtx>(this);
   }
 
@@ -257,17 +257,20 @@ class ZCtx : public AsyncWrap {
             ctx->err_ = Z_NEED_DICT;
           }
         }
-        while (ctx->strm_.avail_in >= GZIP_MIN_HEADER_SIZE &&
+
+        if (ctx->err_ == Z_STREAM_END) {
+          ctx->first_member_ended_ = true;
+        }
+
+        while (ctx->strm_.avail_in > 0 &&
                ctx->mode_ == GUNZIP &&
-               ctx->err_ == Z_STREAM_END) {
+               ctx->err_ == Z_STREAM_END &&
+               ctx->strm_.next_in[0] != 0x00) {
           // Bytes remain in input buffer. Perhaps this is another compressed
           // member in the same archive, or just trailing garbage.
-          // Check the header to find out.
-          if (ctx->strm_.next_in[0] != GZIP_HEADER_ID1 ||
-              ctx->strm_.next_in[1] != GZIP_HEADER_ID2) {
-            // Not a valid gzip member
-            break;
-          }
+          // Trailing zero bytes are okay, though, since they are frequently
+          // used for padding.
+
           Reset(ctx);
           ctx->err_ = inflate(&ctx->strm_, ctx->flush_);
         }
@@ -302,6 +305,11 @@ class ZCtx : public AsyncWrap {
       else
         ZCtx::Error(ctx, "Bad dictionary");
       return false;
+    case Z_DATA_ERROR:
+      if (ctx->first_member_ended_) {
+        // Silently discard trailing garbage after fully decompressed member.
+        break;
+      }
     default:
       // something else.
       ZCtx::Error(ctx, "Zlib error");
@@ -593,6 +601,7 @@ class ZCtx : public AsyncWrap {
   bool write_in_progress_;
   bool pending_close_;
   unsigned int refs_;
+  bool first_member_ended_;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js
index 36650e7b3b737f..d5bf1e0e00eaf3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ const zlib = require('zlib');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
+const abcEncoded = zlib.gzipSync('abc');
+const defEncoded = zlib.gzipSync('def');
+
 const data = Buffer.concat([
-  zlib.gzipSync('abc'),
-  zlib.gzipSync('def')
+  abcEncoded,
+  defEncoded
 ]);
 
 assert.equal(zlib.gunzipSync(data).toString(), 'abcdef');
@@ -38,3 +41,26 @@ fs.createReadStream(pmmFileGz)
     assert.deepStrictEqual(Buffer.concat(pmmResultBuffers), pmmExpected,
       'result should match original random garbage');
   }));
+
+// test that the next gzip member can wrap around the input buffer boundary
+[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, defEncoded.length].forEach((offset) => {
+  const resultBuffers = [];
+
+  const unzip = zlib.createGunzip()
+   .on('error', (err) => {
+     assert.ifError(err);
+   })
+   .on('data', (data) => resultBuffers.push(data))
+   .on('finish', common.mustCall(() => {
+     assert.strictEqual(Buffer.concat(resultBuffers).toString(), 'abcdef',
+      `result should match original input (offset = ${offset})`);
+   }));
+
+  // first write: write "abc" + the first bytes of "def"
+  unzip.write(Buffer.concat([
+    abcEncoded, defEncoded.slice(0, offset)
+  ]));
+
+  // write remaining bytes of "def"
+  unzip.end(defEncoded.slice(offset));
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-gzip-with-trailing-garbage.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-gzip-with-trailing-garbage.js
index e5ec42544a3937..8310564350a354 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-gzip-with-trailing-garbage.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-gzip-with-trailing-garbage.js
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ data = Buffer.concat([
   Buffer(10).fill(0)
 ]);
 
-assert.throws(() => zlib.gunzipSync(data));
+assert.equal(zlib.gunzipSync(data).toString(), 'abcdef');
 
 zlib.gunzip(data, common.mustCall((err, result) => {
-  assert(err);
+  assert.ifError(err);
+  assert.equal(result, 'abcdef', 'result should match original string');
 }));
 
 // In this case the trailing junk is too short to be a gzip segment