diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/Makefile b/usr.bin/tar/Makefile
index c7409b1dc598..20aa6c0ce049 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PROG=	bsdtar
-VERSION=	1.00
+VERSION=	1.01
 SRCS=	bsdtar.c matching.c read.c util.c write.c
 WARNS?=	6
 DPADD=	${LIBARCHIVE} ${LIBBZ2} ${LIBZ}
diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.c b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.c
index 535a8aa845d1..607e414e4c4c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.c
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ struct option {
 #include "bsdtar.h"
 
 #ifdef linux
-#define _PATH_DEFTAPE "/dev/st0"
+#define	_PATH_DEFTAPE "/dev/st0"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef _PATH_DEFTAPE
-#define _PATH_DEFTAPE "/dev/tape"
+#define	_PATH_DEFTAPE "/dev/tape"
 #endif
 
 static int		 bsdtar_getopt(struct bsdtar *, const char *optstring,
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static const char *tar_opts = "+Bb:C:cF:f:HhjkLlmnOoPprtT:UuvW:wX:xyZz";
 #define	OPTION_NO_SAME_PERMISSIONS 21
 #define	OPTION_NULL 24
 #define	OPTION_ONE_FILE_SYSTEM 27
+#define	OPTION_TOTALS 28
 #define	OPTION_VERSION 30
 
 static const struct option tar_longopts[] = {
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ static const struct option tar_longopts[] = {
 	{ "read-full-blocks",	no_argument,	   NULL, 'B' },
 	{ "same-permissions",   no_argument,       NULL, 'p' },
 	{ "to-stdout",          no_argument,       NULL, 'O' },
+	{ "totals",		no_argument,       NULL, OPTION_TOTALS },
 	{ "unlink",		no_argument,       NULL, 'U' },
 	{ "unlink-first",	no_argument,       NULL, 'U' },
 	{ "update",             no_argument,       NULL, 'u' },
@@ -380,6 +382,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			mode = opt;
 			bsdtar->verbose++;
 			break;
+		case OPTION_TOTALS: /* GNU tar */
+			bsdtar->option_totals++;
+			break;
 		case 'U': /* GNU tar */
 			bsdtar->extract_flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_UNLINK;
 			bsdtar->option_unlink_first = 1;
diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h
index a77ae47c9052..aada5b70b8cc 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct bsdtar {
 	char		  option_no_subdirs; /* -d */
 	char		  option_null; /* --null */
 	char		  option_stdout; /* -p */
+	char		  option_totals; /* --totals */
 	char		  option_unlink_first; /* -U */
 	char		  option_warn_links; /* -l */
 	char		  day_first; /* show day before month in -tv output */
diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/write.c b/usr.bin/tar/write.c
index 0129762a8237..dc1205564be5 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/write.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/write.c
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ tar_mode_c(struct bsdtar *bsdtar)
 
 	write_archive(a, bsdtar);
 
+	if (bsdtar->option_totals) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Total bytes written: " BSDTAR_FILESIZE_PRINTF "\n",
+		    (BSDTAR_FILESIZE_TYPE)archive_position_compressed(a));
+	}
+
 	archive_write_finish(a);
 }
 
@@ -252,6 +257,11 @@ tar_mode_r(struct bsdtar *bsdtar)
 
 	write_archive(a, bsdtar); /* XXX check return val XXX */
 
+	if (bsdtar->option_totals) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Total bytes written: " BSDTAR_FILESIZE_PRINTF "\n",
+		    (BSDTAR_FILESIZE_TYPE)archive_position_compressed(a));
+	}
+
 	archive_write_finish(a);
 	close(bsdtar->fd);
 	bsdtar->fd = -1;
@@ -331,6 +341,11 @@ tar_mode_u(struct bsdtar *bsdtar)
 
 	write_archive(a, bsdtar);
 
+	if (bsdtar->option_totals) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Total bytes written: " BSDTAR_FILESIZE_PRINTF "\n",
+		    (BSDTAR_FILESIZE_TYPE)archive_position_compressed(a));
+	}
+
 	archive_write_finish(a);
 	close(bsdtar->fd);
 	bsdtar->fd = -1;
@@ -459,6 +474,7 @@ write_archive(struct archive *a, struct bsdtar *bsdtar)
 	}
 
 	create_cleanup(bsdtar);
+	archive_write_close(a);
 }
 
 /*