diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 57505cf..96c6315 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 sudo: false
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - '8'
-  - '6'
-  - '4'
+  - '13'
+  - '12'
+  - '10'
diff --git a/fixtures/edge_case_dots.tar.gz b/fixtures/edge_case_dots.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..935f979
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diff --git a/fixtures/slip.zip b/fixtures/slip.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d94b89d
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diff --git a/fixtures/slip2.zip b/fixtures/slip2.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd6180b
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diff --git a/fixtures/slip3.zip b/fixtures/slip3.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..434320d
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diff --git a/fixtures/slipping.tar.gz b/fixtures/slipping.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e03782a
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diff --git a/fixtures/slipping_directory.tar.gz b/fixtures/slipping_directory.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ff297c
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diff --git a/fixtures/top_level_example.tar.gz b/fixtures/top_level_example.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c0a642
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diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9193ebd..6aa67ca 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,38 @@ const runPlugins = (input, opts) => {
 	return Promise.all(opts.plugins.map(x => x(input, opts))).then(files => files.reduce((a, b) => a.concat(b)));
 };
 
+const safeMakeDir = (dir, realOutputPath) => {
+	return fsP.realpath(dir)
+		.catch(_ => {
+			const parent = path.dirname(dir);
+			return safeMakeDir(parent, realOutputPath);
+		})
+		.then(realParentPath => {
+			if (realParentPath.indexOf(realOutputPath) !== 0) {
+				throw (new Error('Refusing to create a directory outside the output path.'));
+			}
+
+			return makeDir(dir).then(fsP.realpath);
+		});
+};
+
+const preventWritingThroughSymlink = (destination, realOutputPath) => {
+	return fsP.readlink(destination)
+		.catch(_ => {
+			// Either no file exists, or it's not a symlink. In either case, this is
+			// not an escape we need to worry about in this phase.
+			return null;
+		})
+		.then(symlinkPointsTo => {
+			if (symlinkPointsTo) {
+				throw new Error('Refusing to write into a symlink');
+			}
+
+			// No symlink exists at `destination`, so we can continue
+			return realOutputPath;
+		});
+};
+
 const extractFile = (input, output, opts) => runPlugins(input, opts).then(files => {
 	if (opts.strip > 0) {
 		files = files
@@ -47,12 +79,35 @@ const extractFile = (input, output, opts) => runPlugins(input, opts).then(files
 		const now = new Date();
 
 		if (x.type === 'directory') {
-			return makeDir(dest)
+			return makeDir(output)
+				.then(outputPath => fsP.realpath(outputPath))
+				.then(realOutputPath => safeMakeDir(dest, realOutputPath))
 				.then(() => fsP.utimes(dest, now, x.mtime))
 				.then(() => x);
 		}
 
-		return makeDir(path.dirname(dest))
+		return makeDir(output)
+			.then(outputPath => fsP.realpath(outputPath))
+			.then(realOutputPath => {
+				// Attempt to ensure parent directory exists (failing if it's outside the output dir)
+				return safeMakeDir(path.dirname(dest), realOutputPath)
+					.then(() => realOutputPath);
+			})
+			.then(realOutputPath => {
+				if (x.type === 'file') {
+					return preventWritingThroughSymlink(dest, realOutputPath);
+				}
+
+				return realOutputPath;
+			})
+			.then(realOutputPath => {
+				return fsP.realpath(path.dirname(dest))
+					.then(realDestinationDir => {
+						if (realDestinationDir.indexOf(realOutputPath) !== 0) {
+							throw (new Error('Refusing to write outside output directory: ' + realDestinationDir));
+						}
+					});
+			})
 			.then(() => {
 				if (x.type === 'link') {
 					return fsP.link(x.linkname, dest);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff67270..1ee81e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		"url": "github.com/kevva"
 	},
 	"engines": {
-		"node": ">=4"
+		"node": ">=7.6.0"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"test": "xo && ava"
@@ -41,9 +41,21 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"ava": "*",
+		"esm": "^3.2.25",
 		"is-jpg": "^1.0.0",
 		"path-exists": "^3.0.0",
 		"pify": "^2.3.0",
+		"rimraf": "^3.0.2",
 		"xo": "*"
+	},
+	"ava": {
+		"require": [
+			"esm"
+		]
+	},
+	"xo": {
+		"rules": {
+			"promise/prefer-await-to-then": "off"
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index d145ba0..ba99d68 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -3,10 +3,22 @@ import path from 'path';
 import isJpg from 'is-jpg';
 import pathExists from 'path-exists';
 import pify from 'pify';
+import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import test from 'ava';
 import m from '.';
 
 const fsP = pify(fs);
+const rimrafP = pify(rimraf);
+
+test.serial.afterEach('ensure decompressed files and directories are cleaned up', async () => {
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'directory'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'dist'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'example.txt'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'file.txt'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'edge_case_dots'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'symlink'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'test.jpg'));
+});
 
 test('extract file', async t => {
 	const tarFiles = await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'file.tar'));
@@ -46,21 +58,16 @@ test.serial('extract file to directory', async t => {
 	t.is(files[0].path, 'test.jpg');
 	t.true(isJpg(files[0].data));
 	t.true(await pathExists(path.join(__dirname, 'test.jpg')));
-
-	await fsP.unlink(path.join(__dirname, 'test.jpg'));
 });
 
-test('extract symlink', async t => {
+test.serial('extract symlink', async t => {
 	await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'symlink.tar'), __dirname, {strip: 1});
 	t.is(await fsP.realpath(path.join(__dirname, 'symlink')), path.join(__dirname, 'file.txt'));
-	await fsP.unlink(path.join(__dirname, 'symlink'));
-	await fsP.unlink(path.join(__dirname, 'file.txt'));
 });
 
-test('extract directory', async t => {
+test.serial('extract directory', async t => {
 	await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'directory.tar'), __dirname);
 	t.true(await pathExists(path.join(__dirname, 'directory')));
-	await fsP.rmdir(path.join(__dirname, 'directory'));
 });
 
 test('strip option', async t => {
@@ -96,10 +103,58 @@ test.serial('set mtime', async t => {
 	const files = await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'file.tar'), __dirname);
 	const stat = await fsP.stat(path.join(__dirname, 'test.jpg'));
 	t.deepEqual(files[0].mtime, stat.mtime);
-	await fsP.unlink(path.join(__dirname, 'test.jpg'));
 });
 
 test('return emptpy array if no plugins are set', async t => {
 	const files = await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'file.tar'), {plugins: []});
 	t.is(files.length, 0);
 });
+
+test.serial('throw when a location outside the root is given', async t => {
+	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
+		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slipping.tar.gz'), 'dist');
+	}, {message: /Refusing/});
+});
+
+test.serial('throw when a location outside the root including symlinks is given', async t => {
+	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
+		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slip.zip'), 'dist');
+	}, {message: /Refusing/});
+});
+
+test.serial('throw when a top-level symlink outside the root is given', async t => {
+	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
+		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slip2.zip'), 'dist');
+	}, {message: /Refusing/});
+});
+
+test.serial('throw when a directory outside the root including symlinks is given', async t => {
+	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
+		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slipping_directory.tar.gz'), 'dist');
+	}, {message: /Refusing/});
+});
+
+test.serial('allows filenames and directories to be written with dots in their names', async t => {
+	const files = await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'edge_case_dots.tar.gz'), __dirname);
+	t.is(files.length, 6);
+	t.deepEqual(files.map(f => f.path).sort(), [
+		'edge_case_dots/',
+		'edge_case_dots/internal_dots..txt',
+		'edge_case_dots/sample../',
+		'edge_case_dots/ending_dots..',
+		'edge_case_dots/x',
+		'edge_case_dots/sample../test.txt'
+	].sort());
+});
+
+test.serial('allows top-level file', async t => {
+	const files = await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'top_level_example.tar.gz'), 'dist');
+	t.is(files.length, 1);
+	t.is(files[0].path, 'example.txt');
+});
+
+test.serial('throw when chained symlinks to /tmp/dist allow escape outside root directory', async t => {
+	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
+		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slip3.zip'), '/tmp/dist');
+	}, {message: /Refusing/});
+});