diff --git a/docs/CREDITS b/docs/CREDITS
index 720c3a99db..7dee2ce527 100644
--- a/docs/CREDITS
+++ b/docs/CREDITS
@@ -703,6 +703,9 @@ Georg Gadinger
 Wolfram Sang
 Aidan MacDonald
 Caleb Connolly
+Spencer Brennessel
+Dana Conrad
+Albert Song
 
 The libmad team
 The wavpack team
@@ -730,7 +733,6 @@ The libpng team
 The Pure Data team (Miller Puckette and others)
 The MikMod team
 Michael McTernan (The ARM unwinder author)
-Albert Song
 The New RAW team (Piotr Padkowski and others)
 The Fabother World team (Fabien Sanglard and others)
 The sgt-puzzles team (Simon Tatham and others)
@@ -743,5 +745,4 @@ The Pocket Quake team (Dan East and others)
 The bzip2 team
 The bsdiff team
 The libtomcrypt team
-Spencer Brennessel
-Dana Conrad
+The microtar team (rxi and others)
diff --git a/lib/microtar/LICENSE b/lib/microtar/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e3bf17ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright (c) 2017 rxi
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/lib/microtar/README.md b/lib/microtar/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18153caa21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# microtar
+A lightweight tar library written in ANSI C
+
+
+## Modifications from upstream
+
+[Upstream](https://github.com/rxi/microtar) has numerous bugs and gotchas,
+which I fixed in order to improve the overall robustness of the library.
+
+A summary of my changes, in no particular order:
+
+- Fix possible sscanf beyond the bounds of the input buffer
+- Fix possible buffer overruns due to strcpy on untrusted input
+- Fix incorrect octal formatting by sprintf and possible output overrruns
+- Catch read/writes which are too big and handle them gracefully
+- Handle over-long names in `mtar_write_file_header` / `mtar_write_dir_header`
+- Ensure strings in `mtar_header_t` are always null-terminated
+- Save and load group information so we don't lose information
+- Move `mtar_open()` to `microtar-stdio.c` so `microtar.c` can be used in
+  a freestanding environment
+- Allow control of stack usage by moving temporary variables into `mtar_t`,
+  so the caller can decide whether to use the stack or heap
+
+An up-to-date copy of this modified version can be found
+[here](https://github.com/amachronic/microtar).
+
+
+## Modifications for Rockbox
+
+Added file `microtar-rockbox.c` implementing `mtar_open()` with native
+Rockbox filesystem API.
+
+
+## Basic Usage
+The library consists of `microtar.c` and `microtar.h`. These two files can be
+dropped into an existing project and compiled along with it.
+
+
+#### Reading
+```c
+mtar_t tar;
+mtar_header_t h;
+char *p;
+
+/* Open archive for reading */
+mtar_open(&tar, "test.tar", "r");
+
+/* Print all file names and sizes */
+while ( (mtar_read_header(&tar, &h)) != MTAR_ENULLRECORD ) {
+  printf("%s (%d bytes)\n", h.name, h.size);
+  mtar_next(&tar);
+}
+
+/* Load and print contents of file "test.txt" */
+mtar_find(&tar, "test.txt", &h);
+p = calloc(1, h.size + 1);
+mtar_read_data(&tar, p, h.size);
+printf("%s", p);
+free(p);
+
+/* Close archive */
+mtar_close(&tar);
+```
+
+#### Writing
+```c
+mtar_t tar;
+const char *str1 = "Hello world";
+const char *str2 = "Goodbye world";
+
+/* Open archive for writing */
+mtar_open(&tar, "test.tar", "w");
+
+/* Write strings to files `test1.txt` and `test2.txt` */
+mtar_write_file_header(&tar, "test1.txt", strlen(str1));
+mtar_write_data(&tar, str1, strlen(str1));
+mtar_write_file_header(&tar, "test2.txt", strlen(str2));
+mtar_write_data(&tar, str2, strlen(str2));
+
+/* Finalize -- this needs to be the last thing done before closing */
+mtar_finalize(&tar);
+
+/* Close archive */
+mtar_close(&tar);
+```
+
+
+## Error handling
+All functions which return an `int` will return `MTAR_ESUCCESS` if the operation
+is successful. If an error occurs an error value less-than-zero will be
+returned; this value can be passed to the function `mtar_strerror()` to get its
+corresponding error string.
+
+
+## Wrapping a stream
+If you want to read or write from something other than a file, the `mtar_t`
+struct can be manually initialized with your own callback functions and a
+`stream` pointer.
+
+All callback functions are passed a pointer to the `mtar_t` struct as their
+first argument. They should return `MTAR_ESUCCESS` if the operation succeeds
+without an error, or an integer below zero if an error occurs.
+
+After the `stream` field has been set, all required callbacks have been set and
+all unused fields have been zeroset the `mtar_t` struct can be safely used with
+the microtar functions. `mtar_open` *should not* be called if the `mtar_t`
+struct was initialized manually.
+
+#### Reading
+The following callbacks should be set for reading an archive from a stream:
+
+Name    | Arguments                                | Description
+--------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------
+`read`  | `mtar_t *tar, void *data, unsigned size` | Read data from the stream
+`seek`  | `mtar_t *tar, unsigned pos`              | Set the position indicator
+`close` | `mtar_t *tar`                            | Close the stream
+
+#### Writing
+The following callbacks should be set for writing an archive to a stream:
+
+Name    | Arguments                                      | Description
+--------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------
+`write` | `mtar_t *tar, const void *data, unsigned size` | Write data to the stream
+
+
+## License
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the MIT license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
diff --git a/lib/microtar/SOURCES b/lib/microtar/SOURCES
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9e9b112d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/SOURCES
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+src/microtar.c
+#ifdef ROCKBOX
+src/microtar-rockbox.c
+#else
+src/microtar-stdio.c
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/microtar/microtar.make b/lib/microtar/microtar.make
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..616561eea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/microtar.make
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#             __________               __   ___.
+#   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+#   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+#   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+#   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+#                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+#
+
+MICROTARLIB_DIR = $(ROOTDIR)/lib/microtar
+MICROTARLIB_SRC = $(call preprocess, $(MICROTARLIB_DIR)/SOURCES)
+MICROTARLIB_OBJ := $(call c2obj, $(MICROTARLIB_SRC))
+
+MICROTARLIB = $(BUILDDIR)/lib/libmicrotar.a
+
+INCLUDES += -I$(MICROTARLIB_DIR)/src
+OTHER_SRC += $(MICROTARLIB_SRC)
+CORE_LIBS += $(MICROTARLIB)
+
+$(MICROTARLIB): $(MICROTARLIB_OBJ)
+	$(SILENT)$(shell rm -f $@)
+	$(call PRINTS,AR $(@F))$(AR) rcs $@ $^ >/dev/null
diff --git a/lib/microtar/src/Makefile b/lib/microtar/src/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27277f7c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/src/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#             __________               __   ___.
+#   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+#   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+#   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+#   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+#                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+# $Id$
+#
+
+# Shameless copy+paste from tools/ucl/src/Makefile
+# This is only used for rbutil builds, Rockbox uses microtar.make
+
+ifndef V
+SILENT = @
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+SHELL = cmd.exe
+mkdir = if not exist $(subst /,\,$(1)) mkdir $(subst /,\,$(1))
+else
+mkdir = mkdir -p $(1)
+endif
+
+ifdef RBARCH
+CFLAGS += -arch $(RBARCH)
+endif
+
+CPPDEFINES := $(shell echo foo | $(CROSS)$(CC) -dM -E -)
+#build standalone win32 executables on cygwin
+ifeq ($(findstring CYGWIN,$(CPPDEFINES)),CYGWIN)
+COMPILETARGET = cygwin
+else
+ifeq ($(findstring MINGW,$(CPPDEFINES)),MINGW)
+COMPILETARGET = mingw
+else
+# OS X specifics. Needs to consider cross compiling for Windows.
+ifeq ($(findstring APPLE,$(CPPDEFINES)),APPLE)
+# When building for 10.4+ we need to use gcc. Otherwise clang is used, so use
+# that to determine if we need to set arch and isysroot.
+ifeq ($(findstring __clang__,$(CPPDEFINES)),__clang__)
+CFLAGS += -mmacosx-version-min=10.5
+ifneq ($(ISYSROOT),)
+CFLAGS += -isysroot $(ISYSROOT)
+endif
+else
+# when building libs for OS X 10.4+ build for both i386 and ppc at the same time.
+# This creates fat objects, and ar can only create the archive but not operate
+# on it. As a result the ar call must NOT use the u (update) flag.
+ARCHFLAGS += -arch ppc -arch i386
+# building against SDK 10.4 is not compatible with gcc-4.2 (default on newer Xcode)
+# might need adjustment for older Xcode.
+CC = gcc-4.0
+CFLAGS += -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.4
+NATIVECC ?= gcc-4.0
+endif
+COMPILETARGET = darwin
+else
+COMPILETARGET = posix
+endif
+endif
+endif
+$(info Compiler creates $(COMPILETARGET) binaries)
+
+TARGET_DIR ?= $(shell pwd)/
+OBJDIR = $(TARGET_DIR)build$(RBARCH)
+
+SOURCES = microtar.c microtar-stdio.c
+
+OBJS =  $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SOURCES:%.c=%.o))
+
+libmicrotar$(RBARCH).a: $(TARGET_DIR)libmicrotar$(RBARCH).a
+
+dll: microtar.dll
+microtar.dll: $(TARGET_DIR)microtar.dll
+$(TARGET_DIR)microtar.dll: $(OBJS)
+		@echo DLL $(notdir $@)
+		$(SILENT)$(CROSS)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^ \
+					-Wl,--output-def,$(TARGET_DIR)microtar.def
+
+$(TARGET_DIR)libmicrotar$(RBARCH).a: $(OBJS)
+		@echo AR $(notdir $@)
+		$(SILENT)$(CROSS)$(AR) rcs $@ $(OBJS)
+
+$(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.c
+		@echo CC $<
+		$(SILENT)$(call mkdir, $(dir $@))
+		$(SILENT)$(CROSS)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(ARCHFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+		rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)libmicrotar*.a
+		rm -rf build*
diff --git a/lib/microtar/src/microtar-rockbox.c b/lib/microtar/src/microtar-rockbox.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04ba93cc42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/src/microtar-rockbox.c
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *             __________               __   ___.
+ *   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+ *   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+ *   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+ *   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+ *                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Aidan MacDonald
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "file.h"
+#include "microtar.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+static int fd_write(mtar_t *tar, const void *data, unsigned size) {
+  intptr_t fd = (intptr_t)tar->stream;
+  ssize_t res = write(fd, data, size);
+  if(res < 0 || ((unsigned)res != size))
+    return MTAR_EWRITEFAIL;
+  else
+    return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int fd_read(mtar_t *tar, void *data, unsigned size) {
+  intptr_t fd = (intptr_t)tar->stream;
+  ssize_t res = read(fd, data, size);
+  if(res < 0 || ((unsigned)res != size))
+    return MTAR_EREADFAIL;
+  else
+    return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int fd_seek(mtar_t *tar, unsigned offset) {
+  intptr_t fd = (intptr_t)tar->stream;
+  off_t res = lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+  if(res < 0 || ((unsigned)res != offset))
+    return MTAR_ESEEKFAIL;
+  else
+    return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int fd_close(mtar_t *tar) {
+  intptr_t fd = (intptr_t)tar->stream;
+  close(fd);
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mtar_open(mtar_t *tar, const char *filename, const char *mode) {
+  int err;
+  int openmode;
+  int fd;
+
+  /* Init tar struct and functions */
+  memset(tar, 0, sizeof(*tar));
+  tar->write = fd_write;
+  tar->read = fd_read;
+  tar->seek = fd_seek;
+  tar->close = fd_close;
+
+  /* Get correct mode flags */
+  if ( strchr(mode, 'r') )
+      openmode = O_RDONLY;
+  else if ( strchr(mode, 'w') )
+      openmode = O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY;
+  else if ( strchr(mode, 'a') )
+      openmode = O_WRONLY|O_APPEND;
+  else
+      return MTAR_EFAILURE;
+
+  /* Open file */
+  fd = open(filename, openmode);
+  if(fd < 0)
+    return MTAR_EOPENFAIL;
+
+  tar->stream = (void*)(intptr_t)fd;
+
+  /* Read first header to check it is valid if mode is `r` */
+  if ( openmode & O_RDONLY ) {
+    err = mtar_read_header(tar, &tar->header);
+    if (err != MTAR_ESUCCESS) {
+      mtar_close(tar);
+      return err;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* Return ok */
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/lib/microtar/src/microtar-stdio.c b/lib/microtar/src/microtar-stdio.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..215000aa98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/src/microtar-stdio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 rxi
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the MIT license. See `microtar.c` for details.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "microtar.h"
+
+static int file_write(mtar_t *tar, const void *data, unsigned size) {
+  unsigned res = fwrite(data, 1, size, tar->stream);
+  return (res == size) ? MTAR_ESUCCESS : MTAR_EWRITEFAIL;
+}
+
+static int file_read(mtar_t *tar, void *data, unsigned size) {
+  unsigned res = fread(data, 1, size, tar->stream);
+  return (res == size) ? MTAR_ESUCCESS : MTAR_EREADFAIL;
+}
+
+static int file_seek(mtar_t *tar, unsigned offset) {
+  int res = fseek(tar->stream, offset, SEEK_SET);
+  return (res == 0) ? MTAR_ESUCCESS : MTAR_ESEEKFAIL;
+}
+
+static int file_close(mtar_t *tar) {
+  fclose(tar->stream);
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mtar_open(mtar_t *tar, const char *filename, const char *mode) {
+  int err;
+  mtar_header_t h;
+
+  /* Init tar struct and functions */
+  memset(tar, 0, sizeof(*tar));
+  tar->write = file_write;
+  tar->read = file_read;
+  tar->seek = file_seek;
+  tar->close = file_close;
+
+  /* Assure mode is always binary */
+  if ( strchr(mode, 'r') ) mode = "rb";
+  if ( strchr(mode, 'w') ) mode = "wb";
+  if ( strchr(mode, 'a') ) mode = "ab";
+  /* Open file */
+  tar->stream = fopen(filename, mode);
+  if (!tar->stream) {
+    return MTAR_EOPENFAIL;
+  }
+  /* Read first header to check it is valid if mode is `r` */
+  if (*mode == 'r') {
+    err = mtar_read_header(tar, &h);
+    if (err != MTAR_ESUCCESS) {
+      mtar_close(tar);
+      return err;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* Return ok */
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/lib/microtar/src/microtar.c b/lib/microtar/src/microtar.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04cd4ea132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/src/microtar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 rxi
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "microtar.h"
+
+#ifdef ROCKBOX
+/* Rockbox lacks strncpy in its libc */
+static char* strncpy(char* dest, const char* src, size_t n) {
+    size_t i;
+
+    for(i = 0; i < n && *src; ++i)
+        dest[i] = src[i];
+
+    for(; i < n; ++i)
+        dest[i] = 0;
+
+    return dest;
+}
+#endif
+
+
+static int parse_octal(const char* str, size_t len, unsigned* ret) {
+  unsigned n = 0;
+  while(len-- > 0 && *str != 0) {
+    if(*str < '0' || *str > '9')
+      return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+
+    if(n > UINT_MAX/8)
+      return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+    else
+      n *= 8;
+
+    char r = *str++ - '0';
+    if(n > UINT_MAX - r)
+      return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+    else
+      n += r;
+  }
+
+  *ret = n;
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+static int print_octal(char* str, size_t len, unsigned value) {
+  /* move backwards over the output string */
+  char* ptr = str + len - 1;
+  *ptr = 0;
+
+  /* output the significant digits */
+  while(value > 0) {
+    if(ptr == str)
+      return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+
+    --ptr;
+    *ptr = '0' + (value % 8);
+    value /= 8;
+  }
+
+  /* pad the remainder of the field with zeros */
+  while(ptr != str) {
+    --ptr;
+    *ptr = '0';
+  }
+
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+static unsigned round_up(unsigned n, unsigned incr) {
+  return n + (incr - n % incr) % incr;
+}
+
+
+static unsigned checksum(const mtar_raw_header_t* rh) {
+  unsigned i;
+  unsigned char *p = (unsigned char*) rh;
+  unsigned res = 256;
+  for (i = 0; i < offsetof(mtar_raw_header_t, checksum); i++) {
+    res += p[i];
+  }
+  for (i = offsetof(mtar_raw_header_t, type); i < sizeof(*rh); i++) {
+    res += p[i];
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+
+static int tread(mtar_t *tar, void *data, unsigned size) {
+  int err = tar->read(tar, data, size);
+  tar->pos += size;
+  return err;
+}
+
+
+static int twrite(mtar_t *tar, const void *data, unsigned size) {
+  int err = tar->write(tar, data, size);
+  tar->pos += size;
+  return err;
+}
+
+
+static int write_null_bytes(mtar_t *tar, int n) {
+  int i, err;
+  char nul = '\0';
+  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    err = twrite(tar, &nul, 1);
+    if (err) {
+      return err;
+    }
+  }
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+static int raw_to_header(mtar_header_t *h, const mtar_raw_header_t *rh) {
+  unsigned chksum1, chksum2;
+  int rc;
+
+  /* If the checksum starts with a null byte we assume the record is NULL */
+  if (*rh->checksum == '\0') {
+    return MTAR_ENULLRECORD;
+  }
+
+  /* Build and compare checksum */
+  chksum1 = checksum(rh);
+  if((rc = parse_octal(rh->checksum, sizeof(rh->checksum), &chksum2)))
+      return rc;
+  if (chksum1 != chksum2) {
+    return MTAR_EBADCHKSUM;
+  }
+
+  /* Load raw header into header */
+  if((rc = parse_octal(rh->mode, sizeof(rh->mode), &h->mode)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = parse_octal(rh->owner, sizeof(rh->owner), &h->owner)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = parse_octal(rh->group, sizeof(rh->group), &h->group)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = parse_octal(rh->size, sizeof(rh->size), &h->size)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = parse_octal(rh->mtime, sizeof(rh->mtime), &h->mtime)))
+    return rc;
+
+  h->type = rh->type;
+
+  memcpy(h->name, rh->name, sizeof(rh->name));
+  h->name[sizeof(h->name) - 1] = 0;
+
+  memcpy(h->linkname, rh->linkname, sizeof(rh->linkname));
+  h->linkname[sizeof(h->linkname) - 1] = 0;
+
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+static int header_to_raw(mtar_raw_header_t *rh, const mtar_header_t *h) {
+  unsigned chksum;
+  int rc;
+
+  /* Load header into raw header */
+  memset(rh, 0, sizeof(*rh));
+  if((rc = print_octal(rh->mode, sizeof(rh->mode), h->mode)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = print_octal(rh->owner, sizeof(rh->owner), h->owner)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = print_octal(rh->group, sizeof(rh->group), h->group)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = print_octal(rh->size, sizeof(rh->size), h->size)))
+    return rc;
+  if((rc = print_octal(rh->mtime, sizeof(rh->mtime), h->mtime)))
+    return rc;
+  rh->type = h->type ? h->type : MTAR_TREG;
+  strncpy(rh->name, h->name, sizeof(rh->name));
+  strncpy(rh->linkname, h->linkname, sizeof(rh->linkname));
+
+  /* Calculate and write checksum */
+  chksum = checksum(rh);
+  if((rc = print_octal(rh->checksum, 7, chksum)))
+     return rc;
+  rh->checksum[7] = ' ';
+
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+const char* mtar_strerror(int err) {
+  switch (err) {
+    case MTAR_ESUCCESS     : return "success";
+    case MTAR_EFAILURE     : return "failure";
+    case MTAR_EOPENFAIL    : return "could not open";
+    case MTAR_EREADFAIL    : return "could not read";
+    case MTAR_EWRITEFAIL   : return "could not write";
+    case MTAR_ESEEKFAIL    : return "could not seek";
+    case MTAR_EBADCHKSUM   : return "bad checksum";
+    case MTAR_ENULLRECORD  : return "null record";
+    case MTAR_ENOTFOUND    : return "file not found";
+    case MTAR_EOVERFLOW    : return "overflow";
+  }
+  return "unknown error";
+}
+
+
+int mtar_close(mtar_t *tar) {
+  return tar->close(tar);
+}
+
+
+int mtar_seek(mtar_t *tar, unsigned pos) {
+  int err = tar->seek(tar, pos);
+  tar->pos = pos;
+  return err;
+}
+
+
+int mtar_rewind(mtar_t *tar) {
+  tar->remaining_data = 0;
+  tar->last_header = 0;
+  return mtar_seek(tar, 0);
+}
+
+
+int mtar_next(mtar_t *tar) {
+  int err, n;
+  /* Load header */
+  err = mtar_read_header(tar, &tar->header);
+  if (err) {
+    return err;
+  }
+  /* Seek to next record */
+  n = round_up(tar->header.size, 512) + sizeof(mtar_raw_header_t);
+  return mtar_seek(tar, tar->pos + n);
+}
+
+
+int mtar_find(mtar_t *tar, const char *name, mtar_header_t *h) {
+  int err;
+  /* Start at beginning */
+  err = mtar_rewind(tar);
+  if (err) {
+    return err;
+  }
+  /* Iterate all files until we hit an error or find the file */
+  while ( (err = mtar_read_header(tar, &tar->header)) == MTAR_ESUCCESS ) {
+    if ( !strcmp(tar->header.name, name) ) {
+      if (h) {
+        *h = tar->header;
+      }
+      return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+    }
+    err = mtar_next(tar);
+    if (err) {
+      return err;
+    }
+  }
+  /* Return error */
+  if (err == MTAR_ENULLRECORD) {
+    err = MTAR_ENOTFOUND;
+  }
+  return err;
+}
+
+
+int mtar_read_header(mtar_t *tar, mtar_header_t *h) {
+  int err;
+  /* Save header position */
+  tar->last_header = tar->pos;
+  /* Read raw header */
+  err = tread(tar, &tar->raw_header, sizeof(tar->raw_header));
+  if (err) {
+    return err;
+  }
+  /* Seek back to start of header */
+  err = mtar_seek(tar, tar->last_header);
+  if (err) {
+    return err;
+  }
+  /* Load raw header into header struct and return */
+  return raw_to_header(h, &tar->raw_header);
+}
+
+
+int mtar_read_data(mtar_t *tar, void *ptr, unsigned size) {
+  int err;
+  /* If we have no remaining data then this is the first read, we get the size,
+   * set the remaining data and seek to the beginning of the data */
+  if (tar->remaining_data == 0) {
+    /* Read header */
+    err = mtar_read_header(tar, &tar->header);
+    if (err) {
+      return err;
+    }
+    /* Seek past header and init remaining data */
+    err = mtar_seek(tar, tar->pos + sizeof(mtar_raw_header_t));
+    if (err) {
+      return err;
+    }
+    tar->remaining_data = tar->header.size;
+  }
+  /* Ensure caller does not read too much */
+  if(size > tar->remaining_data)
+    return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+  /* Read data */
+  err = tread(tar, ptr, size);
+  if (err) {
+    return err;
+  }
+  tar->remaining_data -= size;
+  /* If there is no remaining data we've finished reading and seek back to the
+   * header */
+  if (tar->remaining_data == 0) {
+    return mtar_seek(tar, tar->last_header);
+  }
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mtar_write_header(mtar_t *tar, const mtar_header_t *h) {
+  /* Build raw header and write */
+  header_to_raw(&tar->raw_header, h);
+  tar->remaining_data = h->size;
+  return twrite(tar, &tar->raw_header, sizeof(tar->raw_header));
+}
+
+
+int mtar_write_file_header(mtar_t *tar, const char *name, unsigned size) {
+  /* Build header */
+  memset(&tar->header, 0, sizeof(tar->header));
+  /* Ensure name fits within header */
+  if(strlen(name) > sizeof(tar->header.name))
+    return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+  strncpy(tar->header.name, name, sizeof(tar->header.name));
+  tar->header.size = size;
+  tar->header.type = MTAR_TREG;
+  tar->header.mode = 0664;
+  /* Write header */
+  return mtar_write_header(tar, &tar->header);
+}
+
+
+int mtar_write_dir_header(mtar_t *tar, const char *name) {
+  /* Build header */
+  memset(&tar->header, 0, sizeof(tar->header));
+  /* Ensure name fits within header */
+  if(strlen(name) > sizeof(tar->header.name))
+    return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+  strncpy(tar->header.name, name, sizeof(tar->header.name));
+  tar->header.type = MTAR_TDIR;
+  tar->header.mode = 0775;
+  /* Write header */
+  return mtar_write_header(tar, &tar->header);
+}
+
+
+int mtar_write_data(mtar_t *tar, const void *data, unsigned size) {
+  int err;
+
+  /* Ensure we are writing the correct amount of data */
+  if(size > tar->remaining_data)
+    return MTAR_EOVERFLOW;
+
+  /* Write data */
+  err = twrite(tar, data, size);
+  if (err) {
+    return err;
+  }
+  tar->remaining_data -= size;
+  /* Write padding if we've written all the data for this file */
+  if (tar->remaining_data == 0) {
+    return write_null_bytes(tar, round_up(tar->pos, 512) - tar->pos);
+  }
+  return MTAR_ESUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mtar_finalize(mtar_t *tar) {
+  /* Write two NULL records */
+  return write_null_bytes(tar, sizeof(mtar_raw_header_t) * 2);
+}
diff --git a/lib/microtar/src/microtar.h b/lib/microtar/src/microtar.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d30c829521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microtar/src/microtar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 rxi
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the MIT license. See `microtar.c` for details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MICROTAR_H
+#define MICROTAR_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define MTAR_VERSION "0.1.0"
+
+enum {
+  MTAR_ESUCCESS     =  0,
+  MTAR_EFAILURE     = -1,
+  MTAR_EOPENFAIL    = -2,
+  MTAR_EREADFAIL    = -3,
+  MTAR_EWRITEFAIL   = -4,
+  MTAR_ESEEKFAIL    = -5,
+  MTAR_EBADCHKSUM   = -6,
+  MTAR_ENULLRECORD  = -7,
+  MTAR_ENOTFOUND    = -8,
+  MTAR_EOVERFLOW    = -9,
+};
+
+enum {
+  MTAR_TREG   = '0',
+  MTAR_TLNK   = '1',
+  MTAR_TSYM   = '2',
+  MTAR_TCHR   = '3',
+  MTAR_TBLK   = '4',
+  MTAR_TDIR   = '5',
+  MTAR_TFIFO  = '6'
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+  unsigned mode;
+  unsigned owner;
+  unsigned group;
+  unsigned size;
+  unsigned mtime;
+  unsigned type;
+  char name[101]; /* +1 byte in order to ensure null termination */
+  char linkname[101];
+} mtar_header_t;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+  char name[100];
+  char mode[8];
+  char owner[8];
+  char group[8];
+  char size[12];
+  char mtime[12];
+  char checksum[8];
+  char type;
+  char linkname[100];
+  char _padding[255];
+} mtar_raw_header_t;
+
+
+typedef struct mtar_t mtar_t;
+
+struct mtar_t {
+  int (*read)(mtar_t *tar, void *data, unsigned size);
+  int (*write)(mtar_t *tar, const void *data, unsigned size);
+  int (*seek)(mtar_t *tar, unsigned pos);
+  int (*close)(mtar_t *tar);
+  void *stream;
+  unsigned pos;
+  unsigned remaining_data;
+  unsigned last_header;
+  mtar_header_t header;
+  mtar_raw_header_t raw_header;
+};
+
+
+const char* mtar_strerror(int err);
+
+int mtar_open(mtar_t *tar, const char *filename, const char *mode);
+int mtar_close(mtar_t *tar);
+
+int mtar_seek(mtar_t *tar, unsigned pos);
+int mtar_rewind(mtar_t *tar);
+int mtar_next(mtar_t *tar);
+int mtar_find(mtar_t *tar, const char *name, mtar_header_t *h);
+int mtar_read_header(mtar_t *tar, mtar_header_t *h);
+int mtar_read_data(mtar_t *tar, void *ptr, unsigned size);
+
+int mtar_write_header(mtar_t *tar, const mtar_header_t *h);
+int mtar_write_file_header(mtar_t *tar, const char *name, unsigned size);
+int mtar_write_dir_header(mtar_t *tar, const char *name);
+int mtar_write_data(mtar_t *tar, const void *data, unsigned size);
+int mtar_finalize(mtar_t *tar);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif