diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index a4ce6c5..2579cb0 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"hash/crc32"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -346,6 +347,14 @@ func (sz *Reader) next() (*headers.FileInfo, error) {
 		return fileInfo, nil
 	}
 
+	if sz.folders[sz.folderIndex].sb != nil {
+		// Discard remainig bytes for current file.
+		// TODO: we should check if the underlying reader supports Seek to improve performance when possible.
+		if _, err := io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, sz.folders[sz.folderIndex].sb); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if sz.folders[sz.folderIndex].Next() == io.EOF {
 		sz.folders[sz.folderIndex].Close()
 		sz.folderIndex++
diff --git a/reader_test.go b/reader_test.go
index 50098d5..735988e 100644
--- a/reader_test.go
+++ b/reader_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/saracen/go7z-fixtures"
+	fixtures "github.com/saracen/go7z-fixtures"
 )
 
 func TestOpenReader(t *testing.T) {
@@ -75,3 +75,39 @@ func TestReader(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSkipFile(t *testing.T) {
+	fs, closeall := fixtures.Fixtures([]string{"executable", "random"}, []string{})
+	defer closeall.Close()
+	for _, f := range fs {
+		sz, err := NewReader(f, f.Size)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error reading %v: %v\n", f.Archive, err)
+		}
+
+		count := 0
+		for {
+			_, err := sz.Next()
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			if count%2 == 0 {
+				count++
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if _, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, sz); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			count++
+		}
+
+		if count != f.Entries {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %v entries, got %v\n", f.Entries, count)
+		}
+	}
+}