diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.html b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.html
index 01bb17c657b..93685baea68 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       </div>
       <div [style]="'max-height: 500px; padding: 0px; ' + dynamicOverflow()" class="panel-body">
         <ul class="treeview in collapse show">
-          <ng-container *ngIf="fileInput.format === 'application/zip'">
+          <ng-container *ngIf="fileInput.format === 'application/zip' || fileInput.format === 'application/x-tar'">
             <ds-file-tree-view
               *ngFor="let node of fileInput.fileInfo"
               [node]="node">
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.ts
index cb2a2bf2ed1..1c4e0bf6bd4 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/preview-section/file-description/file-description.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { MetadataBitstream } from 'src/app/core/metadata/metadata-bitstream.mode
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../../../../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import {Router} from '@angular/router';
 
-const allowedPreviewFormats = ['text/plain', 'text/html', 'application/zip'];
+const allowedPreviewFormats = ['text/plain', 'text/html', 'application/zip', 'application/x-tar'];
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-file-description',
   templateUrl: './file-description.component.html',