diff --git a/src/node_zlib.cc b/src/node_zlib.cc
index 0712f8feec..d84344228e 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);
 
@@ -257,17 +256,16 @@ class ZCtx : public AsyncWrap {
             ctx->err_ = Z_NEED_DICT;
           }
         }
-        while (ctx->strm_.avail_in >= GZIP_MIN_HEADER_SIZE &&
+
+        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_);
         }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js
index 36650e7b3b..d5bf1e0e00 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 e5ec42544a..37f89f5b94 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-gzip-with-trailing-garbage.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-gzip-with-trailing-garbage.js
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ data = Buffer.concat([
   Buffer([0x1f, 0x8b, 0xff, 0xff])
 ]);
 
-assert.equal(zlib.gunzipSync(data).toString(), 'abcdef');
+assert.throws(() => zlib.gunzipSync(data));
 
 zlib.gunzip(data, common.mustCall((err, result) => {
-  assert.ifError(err);
-  assert.equal(result, 'abcdef', 'result should match original string');
+  assert(err);
 }));