diff --git a/src/restic/archive_reader_test.go b/src/restic/archive_reader_test.go
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+++ b/src/restic/archive_reader_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package restic
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"math/rand"
+	"restic/backend"
+	"restic/pack"
+	"restic/repository"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/restic/chunker"
+)
+
+func loadBlob(t *testing.T, repo *repository.Repository, id backend.ID, buf []byte) []byte {
+	buf, err := repo.LoadBlob(pack.Data, id, buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LoadBlob(%v) returned error %v", id, err)
+	}
+
+	return buf
+}
+
+func TestArchiveReader(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := repository.TestRepository(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	seed := rand.Int63()
+	size := int64(rand.Intn(50*1024*1024) + 50*1024*1024)
+	t.Logf("seed is 0x%016x, size is %v", seed, size)
+
+	f := fakeFile(t, seed, size)
+
+	sn, id, err := ArchiveReader(repo, nil, f, "fakefile")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ArchiveReader() returned error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if id.IsNull() {
+		t.Fatalf("ArchiveReader() returned null ID")
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("snapshot saved as %v, tree is %v", id.Str(), sn.Tree.Str())
+
+	tree, err := LoadTree(repo, *sn.Tree)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LoadTree() returned error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(tree.Nodes) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong number of nodes for tree, want %v, got %v", 1, len(tree.Nodes))
+	}
+
+	node := tree.Nodes[0]
+	if node.Name != "fakefile" {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong filename, want %v, got %v", "fakefile", node.Name)
+	}
+
+	if len(node.Content) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("node.Content has length 0")
+	}
+
+	// check blobs
+	f = fakeFile(t, seed, size)
+	buf := make([]byte, chunker.MaxSize)
+	buf2 := make([]byte, chunker.MaxSize)
+	for i, id := range node.Content {
+		buf = loadBlob(t, repo, id, buf)
+
+		buf2 = buf2[:len(buf)]
+		_, err = io.ReadFull(f, buf2)
+
+		if !bytes.Equal(buf, buf2) {
+			t.Fatalf("blob %d (%v) is wrong", i, id.Str())
+		}
+	}
+}