diff --git a/src/node_zlib.cc b/src/node_zlib.cc
index da60d4430f3042..f7e808cf1b1d82 100644
--- a/src/node_zlib.cc
+++ b/src/node_zlib.cc
@@ -271,8 +271,12 @@ class ZCtx : public AsyncWrap {
     // Acceptable error states depend on the type of zlib stream.
     switch (ctx->err_) {
     case Z_OK:
-    case Z_STREAM_END:
     case Z_BUF_ERROR:
+      if (ctx->strm_.avail_out != 0 && ctx->flush_ == Z_FINISH) {
+        ZCtx::Error(ctx, "unexpected end of file");
+        return false;
+      }
+    case Z_STREAM_END:
       // normal statuses, not fatal
       break;
     case Z_NEED_DICT:
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-dictionary.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-dictionary.js
index 109f4273f767d0..7e11b1966c69bf 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-zlib-dictionary.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-dictionary.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 // test compression/decompression with dictionary
 
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-var zlib = require('zlib');
-var path = require('path');
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
+const path = require('path');
 
-var spdyDict = new Buffer([
+const spdyDict = new Buffer([
   'optionsgetheadpostputdeletetraceacceptaccept-charsetaccept-encodingaccept-',
   'languageauthorizationexpectfromhostif-modified-sinceif-matchif-none-matchi',
   'f-rangeif-unmodifiedsincemax-forwardsproxy-authorizationrangerefererteuser',
@@ -22,54 +22,69 @@ var spdyDict = new Buffer([
   '.1statusversionurl\0'
 ].join(''));
 
-var deflate = zlib.createDeflate({ dictionary: spdyDict });
-
-var input = [
+const input = [
   'HTTP/1.1 200 Ok',
   'Server: node.js',
   'Content-Length: 0',
   ''
 ].join('\r\n');
 
-var called = 0;
-
-//
-// We'll use clean-new inflate stream each time
-// and .reset() old dirty deflate one
-//
-function run(num) {
-  var inflate = zlib.createInflate({ dictionary: spdyDict });
-
-  if (num === 2) {
-    deflate.reset();
-    deflate.removeAllListeners('data');
-  }
+function basicDictionaryTest() {
+  let output = '';
+  const deflate = zlib.createDeflate({ dictionary: spdyDict });
+  const inflate = zlib.createInflate({ dictionary: spdyDict });
 
-  // Put data into deflate stream
   deflate.on('data', function(chunk) {
     inflate.write(chunk);
   });
 
-  // Get data from inflate stream
-  var output = [];
   inflate.on('data', function(chunk) {
-    output.push(chunk);
+    output += chunk;
+  });
+
+  deflate.on('end', function() {
+    inflate.end();
   });
+
   inflate.on('end', function() {
-    called++;
+    assert.equal(input, output);
+  });
+
+  deflate.write(input);
+  deflate.end();
+}
 
-    assert.equal(output.join(''), input);
+function deflateResetDictionaryTest() {
+  let doneReset = false;
+  let output = '';
+  const deflate = zlib.createDeflate({ dictionary: spdyDict });
+  const inflate = zlib.createInflate({ dictionary: spdyDict });
 
-    if (num < 2) run(num + 1);
+  deflate.on('data', function(chunk) {
+    if (doneReset)
+      inflate.write(chunk);
+  });
+
+  inflate.on('data', function(chunk) {
+    output += chunk;
+  });
+
+  deflate.on('end', function() {
+    inflate.end();
+  });
+
+  inflate.on('end', function() {
+    assert.equal(input, output);
   });
 
   deflate.write(input);
   deflate.flush(function() {
-    inflate.end();
+    deflate.reset();
+    doneReset = true;
+    deflate.write(input);
+    deflate.end();
   });
 }
-run(1);
 
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.equal(called, 2);
-});
+basicDictionaryTest();
+deflateResetDictionaryTest();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-truncated.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-truncated.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9a716f8d0b2110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-truncated.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+'use strict';
+// tests zlib streams with truncated compressed input
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const zlib = require ('zlib');
+
+const inputString = 'ΩΩLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing el' +
+  'it. Morbi faucibus, purus at gravida dictum, libero arcu convallis la' +
+  'cus, in commodo libero metus eu nisi. Nullam commodo, neque nec porta' +
+  ' placerat, nisi est fermentum augue, vitae gravida tellus sapien sit ' +
+  'amet tellus. Aenean non diam orci. Proin quis elit turpis. Suspendiss' +
+  'e non diam ipsum. Suspendisse nec ullamcorper odio. Vestibulum arcu m' +
+  'i, sodales non suscipit id, ultrices ut massa. Sed ac sem sit amet ar' +
+  'cu malesuada fermentum. Nunc sed. ';
+
+[
+  { comp: 'gzip', decomp: 'gunzip', decompSync: 'gunzipSync' },
+  { comp: 'gzip', decomp: 'unzip', decompSync: 'unzipSync' },
+  { comp: 'deflate', decomp: 'inflate', decompSync: 'inflateSync' },
+  { comp: 'deflateRaw', decomp: 'inflateRaw', decompSync: 'inflateRawSync' }
+].forEach(function(methods) {
+  zlib[methods.comp](inputString, function(err, compressed) {
+    assert(!err);
+    let truncated = compressed.slice(0, compressed.length / 2);
+
+    // sync sanity
+    assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
+      let decompressed = zlib[methods.decompSync](compressed);
+      assert.equal(decompressed, inputString);
+    });
+
+    // async sanity
+    zlib[methods.decomp](compressed, function(err, result) {
+      assert.ifError(err);
+      assert.equal(result, inputString);
+    });
+
+    // sync truncated input test
+    assert.throws(function() {
+      zlib[methods.decompSync](truncated);
+    }, /unexpected end of file/);
+
+    // async truncated input test
+    zlib[methods.decomp](truncated, function(err, result) {
+      assert(/unexpected end of file/.test(err.message));
+    });
+  });
+});