diff --git a/src/tar.c b/src/tar.c
index e8e74a7..14a519f 100644
--- a/src/tar.c
+++ b/src/tar.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ int minitar_read_header(struct minitar* mp, struct tar_header* hdr);
 int minitar_validate_header(struct tar_header* hdr);
 void minitar_parse_tar_header(struct tar_header* hdr, struct minitar_entry_metadata* metadata);
 struct minitar_entry* minitar_dup_entry(struct minitar_entry* original);
+char* minitar_read_file(struct minitar_entry_metadata* metadata, struct minitar* mp);
 
 struct minitar* minitar_open(const char* path)
 {
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ static struct minitar_entry* minitar_attempt_read_entry(struct minitar* mp, int*
     }
     *valid = 1;
     minitar_parse_tar_header(&hdr, &entry.metadata);
-    // FIXME: Actually read the file and place it in buf.
+    char* buf = minitar_read_file(&entry.metadata, mp);
+    if(!buf) return NULL;
+    entry.ptr = buf;
     return minitar_dup_entry(&entry);
 }
 
@@ -57,5 +60,6 @@ struct minitar_entry* minitar_read_entry(struct minitar* mp)
 
 void minitar_free_entry(struct minitar_entry* entry)
 {
-    free(entry); // FIXME: Also free the file's content, when it's placed in buf.
+    free(entry->ptr);
+    free(entry);
 }
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diff --git a/src/tar.h b/src/tar.h
index a5ff046..e83652c 100644
--- a/src/tar.h
+++ b/src/tar.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct tar_header {
   char devmajor[8];
   char devminor[8];
   char prefix[155];
-  char padding[12];
+  char padding[12]; // to make the structure 512 bytes
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 #endif
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diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 627603d..a6291a1 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -87,4 +87,26 @@ struct minitar_entry* minitar_dup_entry(struct minitar_entry* original)
     if(!new) return NULL;
     memcpy(new, original, sizeof *new);
     return new;
+}
+
+char* minitar_read_file(struct minitar_entry_metadata* metadata, struct minitar* mp)
+{
+    char* buf = malloc(metadata->size + 1);
+    if(!buf) return NULL;
+
+    size_t nread = fread(buf, 1, metadata->size, mp->stream);
+    if(!nread)
+    {
+        free(buf);
+        if(feof(mp->stream)) return NULL;
+        if(ferror(mp->stream)) minitar_panic("Error while reading file data from tar archive");
+        __builtin_unreachable();
+    }
+
+    long rem = 512 - (nread % 512);
+    fseek(mp->stream, rem, SEEK_CUR); // move the file offset over to the start of the next block
+
+    buf[nread] = 0;
+
+    return buf;
 }
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