diff --git a/libtar/libtar.h b/libtar/libtar.h
index f2f423b..1d6c1df 100644
--- a/libtar/libtar.h
+++ b/libtar/libtar.h
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@
 /* add a whole tree of files */
 int tar_append_tree(TAR *t, char *realdir, char *savedir);
 
+/* find an entry */
+int tar_find(TAR *t, char *searchstr);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/libtar/wrapper.c b/libtar/wrapper.c
index 116dc28..7f65375 100644
--- a/libtar/wrapper.c
+++ b/libtar/wrapper.c
@@ -153,3 +153,33 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+
+int
+tar_find(TAR *t, char *searchstr)
+{
+	if (!searchstr)
+		return 0;
+
+	char *filename;
+	int i, entryfound = 0;
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	printf("==> tar_find(0x%lx, %s)\n", (long unsigned int)t, searchstr);
+#endif
+	while ((i = th_read(t)) == 0) {
+		filename = th_get_pathname(t);
+		if (fnmatch(searchstr, filename, FNM_FILE_NAME | FNM_PERIOD) == 0) {
+			entryfound++;
+#ifdef DEBUG
+			printf("Found matching entry: %s\n", filename);
+#endif
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	if (!entryfound)
+		printf("No matching entry found.\n");
+#endif
+
+	return entryfound;
+}