diff --git a/decompress_bzip2.go b/decompress_bzip2.go
index a5373e4e1..6db0b3577 100644
--- a/decompress_bzip2.go
+++ b/decompress_bzip2.go
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import (
 
 // Bzip2Decompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress bz2 files.
-type Bzip2Decompressor struct{}
+type Bzip2Decompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the size of a decompressed file.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+}
 
 func (d *Bzip2Decompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// Directory isn't supported at all
@@ -33,5 +38,5 @@ func (d *Bzip2Decompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileM
 	bzipR := bzip2.NewReader(f)
 
 	// Copy it out
-	return copyReader(dst, bzipR, 0622, umask)
+	return copyReader(dst, bzipR, 0622, umask, d.FileSizeLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_gzip.go b/decompress_gzip.go
index 669e5eafd..f94f2bcff 100644
--- a/decompress_gzip.go
+++ b/decompress_gzip.go
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import (
 
 // GzipDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress gzip files.
-type GzipDecompressor struct{}
+type GzipDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the size of a decompressed file.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+}
 
 func (d *GzipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// Directory isn't supported at all
@@ -37,5 +42,5 @@ func (d *GzipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMo
 	defer gzipR.Close()
 
 	// Copy it out
-	return copyReader(dst, gzipR, 0622, umask)
+	return copyReader(dst, gzipR, 0622, umask, d.FileSizeLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_tar.go b/decompress_tar.go
index ee1d29ca9..b5188c0e5 100644
--- a/decompress_tar.go
+++ b/decompress_tar.go
@@ -11,12 +11,25 @@ import (
 
 // untar is a shared helper for untarring an archive. The reader should provide
 // an uncompressed view of the tar archive.
-func untar(input io.Reader, dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
+func untar(input io.Reader, dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode, fileSizeLimit int64, filesLimit int) error {
 	tarR := tar.NewReader(input)
 	done := false
 	dirHdrs := []*tar.Header{}
 	now := time.Now()
+
+	var (
+		fileSize   int64
+		filesCount int
+	)
+
 	for {
+		if filesLimit > 0 {
+			filesCount++
+			if filesCount > filesLimit {
+				return fmt.Errorf("tar archive contains too many files: %d > %d", filesCount, filesLimit)
+			}
+		}
+
 		hdr, err := tarR.Next()
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			if !done {
@@ -45,7 +58,15 @@ func untar(input io.Reader, dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error
 			path = filepath.Join(path, hdr.Name)
 		}
 
-		if hdr.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+		fileInfo := hdr.FileInfo()
+
+		fileSize += fileInfo.Size()
+
+		if fileSizeLimit > 0 && fileSize > fileSizeLimit {
+			return fmt.Errorf("tar archive larger than limit: %d", fileSizeLimit)
+		}
+
+		if fileInfo.IsDir() {
 			if !dir {
 				return fmt.Errorf("expected a single file: %s", src)
 			}
@@ -81,8 +102,8 @@ func untar(input io.Reader, dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error
 		// Mark that we're done so future in single file mode errors
 		done = true
 
-		// Open the file for writing
-		err = copyReader(path, tarR, hdr.FileInfo().Mode(), umask)
+		// Size limit is tracked using the returned file info.
+		err = copyReader(path, tarR, hdr.FileInfo().Mode(), umask, 0)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -127,7 +148,19 @@ func untar(input io.Reader, dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error
 
 // TarDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // unpack tar files.
-type TarDecompressor struct{}
+type TarDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the total size of all
+	// decompressed files.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+
+	// FilesLimit limits the number of files that are
+	// allowed to be decompressed.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FilesLimit int
+}
 
 func (d *TarDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// If we're going into a directory we should make that first
@@ -146,5 +179,5 @@ func (d *TarDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMod
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	return untar(f, dst, src, dir, umask)
+	return untar(f, dst, src, dir, umask, d.FileSizeLimit, d.FilesLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_tar_test.go b/decompress_tar_test.go
index cfc842019..3df60b544 100644
--- a/decompress_tar_test.go
+++ b/decompress_tar_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package getter
 
 import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -45,6 +48,86 @@ func TestTar(t *testing.T) {
 	TestDecompressor(t, new(TarDecompressor), cases)
 }
 
+func TestTarLimits(t *testing.T) {
+	b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+
+	tw := tar.NewWriter(b)
+
+	var files = []struct {
+		Name, Body string
+	}{
+		{"readme.txt", "This archive contains some text files."},
+		{"gopher.txt", "Gopher names:\nCharlie\nRonald\nGlenn"},
+		{"todo.txt", "Get animal handling license."},
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		hdr := &tar.Header{
+			Name: file.Name,
+			Mode: 0600,
+			Size: int64(len(file.Body)),
+		}
+		if err := tw.WriteHeader(hdr); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if _, err := tw.Write([]byte(file.Body)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	td, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "getter")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	tarFilePath := filepath.Join(td, "input.tar")
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(tarFilePath, b.Bytes(), 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("file size limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := new(TarDecompressor)
+
+		d.FileSizeLimit = 35
+
+		dst := filepath.Join(td, "subdir", "file-size-limit-result")
+
+		err = d.Decompress(dst, tarFilePath, true, 0022)
+
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected file size limit to error")
+		}
+
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "tar archive larger than limit: 35") {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %q", err.Error())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("files limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := new(TarDecompressor)
+
+		d.FilesLimit = 2
+
+		dst := filepath.Join(td, "subdir", "files-limit-result")
+
+		err = d.Decompress(dst, tarFilePath, true, 0022)
+
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected files limit to error")
+		}
+
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "tar archive contains too many files: 3 > 2") {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %q", err.Error())
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // testDecompressPermissions decompresses a directory and checks the permissions of the expanded files
 func testDecompressorPermissions(t *testing.T, d Decompressor, input string, expected map[string]int, umask os.FileMode) {
 	td, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "getter")
diff --git a/decompress_tbz2.go b/decompress_tbz2.go
index e2e5458c9..78609c9ff 100644
--- a/decompress_tbz2.go
+++ b/decompress_tbz2.go
@@ -8,7 +8,19 @@ import (
 
 // TarBzip2Decompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress tar.bz2 files.
-type TarBzip2Decompressor struct{}
+type TarBzip2Decompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the total size of all
+	// decompressed files.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+
+	// FilesLimit limits the number of files that are
+	// allowed to be decompressed.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FilesLimit int
+}
 
 func (d *TarBzip2Decompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// If we're going into a directory we should make that first
@@ -29,5 +41,5 @@ func (d *TarBzip2Decompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.Fi
 
 	// Bzip2 compression is second
 	bzipR := bzip2.NewReader(f)
-	return untar(bzipR, dst, src, dir, umask)
+	return untar(bzipR, dst, src, dir, umask, d.FileSizeLimit, d.FilesLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_tgz.go b/decompress_tgz.go
index 84c4aa33d..848f5e372 100644
--- a/decompress_tgz.go
+++ b/decompress_tgz.go
@@ -9,7 +9,19 @@ import (
 
 // TarGzipDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress tar.gzip files.
-type TarGzipDecompressor struct{}
+type TarGzipDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the total size of all
+	// decompressed files.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+
+	// FilesLimit limits the number of files that are
+	// allowed to be decompressed.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FilesLimit int
+}
 
 func (d *TarGzipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// If we're going into a directory we should make that first
@@ -35,5 +47,5 @@ func (d *TarGzipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.Fil
 	}
 	defer gzipR.Close()
 
-	return untar(gzipR, dst, src, dir, umask)
+	return untar(gzipR, dst, src, dir, umask, d.FileSizeLimit, d.FilesLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_txz.go b/decompress_txz.go
index 24686f454..42f6179a8 100644
--- a/decompress_txz.go
+++ b/decompress_txz.go
@@ -10,7 +10,19 @@ import (
 
 // TarXzDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress tar.xz files.
-type TarXzDecompressor struct{}
+type TarXzDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the total size of all
+	// decompressed files.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+
+	// FilesLimit limits the number of files that are
+	// allowed to be decompressed.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FilesLimit int
+}
 
 func (d *TarXzDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// If we're going into a directory we should make that first
@@ -35,5 +47,5 @@ func (d *TarXzDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileM
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error opening an xz reader for %s: %s", src, err)
 	}
 
-	return untar(txzR, dst, src, dir, umask)
+	return untar(txzR, dst, src, dir, umask, d.FileSizeLimit, d.FilesLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_tzst.go b/decompress_tzst.go
index a9f3da51e..3b086ced2 100644
--- a/decompress_tzst.go
+++ b/decompress_tzst.go
@@ -2,14 +2,27 @@ package getter
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 )
 
 // TarZstdDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress tar.zstd files.
-type TarZstdDecompressor struct{}
+type TarZstdDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the total size of all
+	// decompressed files.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+
+	// FilesLimit limits the number of files that are
+	// allowed to be decompressed.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FilesLimit int
+}
 
 func (d *TarZstdDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// If we're going into a directory we should make that first
@@ -35,5 +48,5 @@ func (d *TarZstdDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.Fil
 	}
 	defer zstdR.Close()
 
-	return untar(zstdR, dst, src, dir, umask)
+	return untar(zstdR, dst, src, dir, umask, d.FileSizeLimit, d.FilesLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_xz.go b/decompress_xz.go
index de5d6ce2b..89fafd6bc 100644
--- a/decompress_xz.go
+++ b/decompress_xz.go
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import (
 
 // XzDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress xz files.
-type XzDecompressor struct{}
+type XzDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the size of a decompressed file.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+}
 
 func (d *XzDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// Directory isn't supported at all
@@ -36,6 +41,6 @@ func (d *XzDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Copy it out
-	return copyReader(dst, xzR, 0622, umask)
+	// Copy it out, potentially using a file size limit.
+	return copyReader(dst, xzR, 0622, umask, d.FileSizeLimit)
 }
diff --git a/decompress_zip.go b/decompress_zip.go
index 943610aee..3ae80f298 100644
--- a/decompress_zip.go
+++ b/decompress_zip.go
@@ -9,7 +9,19 @@ import (
 
 // ZipDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that can
 // decompress zip files.
-type ZipDecompressor struct{}
+type ZipDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the total size of all
+	// decompressed files.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+
+	// FilesLimit limits the number of files that are
+	// allowed to be decompressed.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FilesLimit int
+}
 
 func (d *ZipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	// If we're going into a directory we should make that first
@@ -37,6 +49,12 @@ func (d *ZipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMod
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected a single file: %s", src)
 	}
 
+	if d.FilesLimit > 0 && len(zipR.File) > d.FilesLimit {
+		return fmt.Errorf("zip archive contains too many files: %d > %d", len(zipR.File), d.FilesLimit)
+	}
+
+	var fileSizeTotal int64
+
 	// Go through and unarchive
 	for _, f := range zipR.File {
 		path := dst
@@ -49,7 +67,15 @@ func (d *ZipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMod
 			path = filepath.Join(path, f.Name)
 		}
 
-		if f.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+		fileInfo := f.FileInfo()
+
+		fileSizeTotal += fileInfo.Size()
+
+		if d.FileSizeLimit > 0 && fileSizeTotal > d.FileSizeLimit {
+			return fmt.Errorf("zip archive larger than limit: %d", d.FileSizeLimit)
+		}
+
+		if fileInfo.IsDir() {
 			if !dir {
 				return fmt.Errorf("expected a single file: %s", src)
 			}
@@ -80,7 +106,8 @@ func (d *ZipDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMod
 			return err
 		}
 
-		err = copyReader(path, srcF, f.Mode(), umask)
+		// Size limit is tracked using the returned file info.
+		err = copyReader(path, srcF, f.Mode(), umask, 0)
 		srcF.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/decompress_zip_test.go b/decompress_zip_test.go
index d898da158..b2298231e 100644
--- a/decompress_zip_test.go
+++ b/decompress_zip_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -129,3 +130,25 @@ func TestDecompressZipPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 	expected["directory/setuid"] = masked
 	testDecompressorPermissions(t, d, input, expected, os.FileMode(060000000))
 }
+
+func TestDecompressZipBomb(t *testing.T) {
+	// If the zip decompression bomb protection fails, this can fill up disk space on the entire
+	// computer.
+	if os.Getenv("GO_GETTER_TEST_ZIP_BOMB") != "true" {
+		t.Skip("skipping potentially dangerous test without GO_GETTER_TEST_ZIP_BOMB=true")
+	}
+
+	// https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/zblg.zip
+	srcPath := filepath.Join("./testdata", "decompress-zip", "bomb.zip")
+
+	d := new(ZipDecompressor)
+	d.FileSizeLimit = 512
+
+	err := d.Decompress(t.TempDir(), srcPath, true, 0644)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "zip archive larger than limit: 512") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %q", err.Error())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/decompress_zstd.go b/decompress_zstd.go
index 6ff6c86a9..3922d27bd 100644
--- a/decompress_zstd.go
+++ b/decompress_zstd.go
@@ -2,14 +2,20 @@ package getter
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 )
 
 // ZstdDecompressor is an implementation of Decompressor that
 // can decompress .zst files.
-type ZstdDecompressor struct{}
+type ZstdDecompressor struct {
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the size of a decompressed file.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
+}
 
 func (d *ZstdDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMode) error {
 	if dir {
@@ -35,6 +41,6 @@ func (d *ZstdDecompressor) Decompress(dst, src string, dir bool, umask os.FileMo
 	}
 	defer zstdR.Close()
 
-	// Copy it out
-	return copyReader(dst, zstdR, 0622, umask)
+	// Copy it out, potentially using a file size limit.
+	return copyReader(dst, zstdR, 0622, umask, d.FileSizeLimit)
 }
diff --git a/get_file_copy.go b/get_file_copy.go
index 6eeda23ca..d6145cbac 100644
--- a/get_file_copy.go
+++ b/get_file_copy.go
@@ -31,13 +31,17 @@ func Copy(ctx context.Context, dst io.Writer, src io.Reader) (int64, error) {
 }
 
 // copyReader copies from an io.Reader into a file, using umask to create the dst file
-func copyReader(dst string, src io.Reader, fmode, umask os.FileMode) error {
+func copyReader(dst string, src io.Reader, fmode, umask os.FileMode, fileSizeLimit int64) error {
 	dstF, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, fmode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer dstF.Close()
 
+	if fileSizeLimit > 0 {
+		src = io.LimitReader(src, fileSizeLimit)
+	}
+
 	_, err = io.Copy(dstF, src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/get_gcs.go b/get_gcs.go
index abf2f1d4f..0c2f96995 100644
--- a/get_gcs.go
+++ b/get_gcs.go
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ type GCSGetter struct {
 	// Timeout sets a deadline which all GCS operations should
 	// complete within. Zero value means no timeout.
 	Timeout time.Duration
+
+	// FileSizeLimit limits the size of an single
+	// decompressed file.
+	//
+	// The zero value means no limit.
+	FileSizeLimit int64
 }
 
 func (g *GCSGetter) ClientMode(u *url.URL) (ClientMode, error) {
@@ -179,7 +185,8 @@ func (g *GCSGetter) getObject(ctx context.Context, client *storage.Client, dst,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return copyReader(dst, rc, 0666, g.client.umask())
+	// There is no limit set for the size of an object from GCS
+	return copyReader(dst, rc, 0666, g.client.umask(), 0)
 }
 
 func (g *GCSGetter) parseURL(u *url.URL) (bucket, path, fragment string, err error) {
diff --git a/get_s3.go b/get_s3.go
index 7e0d853ba..94291947c 100644
--- a/get_s3.go
+++ b/get_s3.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ type S3Getter struct {
 	getter
 
 	// Timeout sets a deadline which all S3 operations should
-	// complete within. Zero value means no timeout.
+	// complete within.
+	//
+	// The zero value means timeout.
 	Timeout time.Duration
 }
 
@@ -207,7 +209,8 @@ func (g *S3Getter) getObject(ctx context.Context, client *s3.S3, dst, bucket, ke
 	}
 	defer body.Close()
 
-	return copyReader(dst, body, 0666, g.client.umask())
+	// There is no limit set for the size of an object from S3
+	return copyReader(dst, body, 0666, g.client.umask(), 0)
 }
 
 func (g *S3Getter) getAWSConfig(region string, url *url.URL, creds *credentials.Credentials) *aws.Config {
diff --git a/testdata/decompress-zip/bomb.zip b/testdata/decompress-zip/bomb.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bad671b7
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/decompress-zip/bomb.zip differ