diff --git a/pkg/handlers/defaulthandler.go b/pkg/handlers/defaulthandler.go
index c6f0fea2e..dae08cafd 100644
--- a/pkg/handlers/defaulthandler.go
+++ b/pkg/handlers/defaulthandler.go
@@ -156,7 +156,13 @@ func (h *defaultHandler) openArchive(ctx logContext.Context, depth int, reader i
 
 		h.metrics.incFilesProcessed()
 
-		return h.openArchive(ctx, depth+1, compReader, archiveChan)
+		reReader, err := diskbufferreader.New(compReader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error creating reusable reader: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer reReader.Close()
+
+		return h.openArchive(ctx, depth+1, reReader, archiveChan)
 	case archiver.Extractor:
 		err := archive.Extract(logContext.WithValue(ctx, depthKey, depth+1), arReader, nil, h.extractorHandler(archiveChan))
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/handlers/handlers_test.go b/pkg/handlers/handlers_test.go
index 192d9473b..3290bfc44 100644
--- a/pkg/handlers/handlers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/handlers/handlers_test.go
@@ -117,6 +117,31 @@ func TestHandleNestedArchives(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, wantCount, count)
 }
 
+func TestHandleCompressedZip(t *testing.T) {
+	file, err := os.Open("testdata/example.zip.gz")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	reader, err := diskbufferreader.New(file)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ctx := logContext.Background()
+
+	chunkCh := make(chan *sources.Chunk)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(chunkCh)
+		err := HandleFile(ctx, reader, &sources.Chunk{}, sources.ChanReporter{Ch: chunkCh})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}()
+
+	wantCount := 2
+	count := 0
+	for range chunkCh {
+		count++
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, wantCount, count)
+}
+
 func TestHandleNestedCompressedArchive(t *testing.T) {
 	file, err := os.Open("testdata/nested-compressed-archive.tar.gz")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/handlers/testdata/example.zip.gz b/pkg/handlers/testdata/example.zip.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..863318791
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