diff --git a/docs/features/containers.md b/docs/features/containers.md
index 2b45a32b8..ed04e68fe 100644
--- a/docs/features/containers.md
+++ b/docs/features/containers.md
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ const container = await new GenericContainer("alpine")
     content: "hello world",
     target: "/remote/file2.txt"
   }])
+  .withCopyArchivesToContainer([{
+    tar: nodeReadable,
+    target: "/some/nested/remotedir"
+  }])
   .start();
 ```
 
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ container.copyContentToContainer([{
   content: "hello world",
   target: "/remote/file2.txt"
 }])
+container.copyArchiveToContainer(nodeReadable, "/some/nested/remotedir");
 ```
 
 An optional `mode` can be specified in octal for setting file permissions:
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/abstract-started-container.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/abstract-started-container.ts
index 43d09232f..1ccac33b7 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/abstract-started-container.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/abstract-started-container.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ export class AbstractStartedContainer implements StartedTestContainer {
     return this.startedTestContainer.copyContentToContainer(contentsToCopy);
   }
 
+  public copyArchiveToContainer(tar: Readable, target = "/"): Promise<void> {
+    return this.startedTestContainer.copyArchiveToContainer(tar, target);
+  }
+
   public copyArchiveFromContainer(path: string): Promise<NodeJS.ReadableStream> {
     return this.startedTestContainer.copyArchiveFromContainer(path);
   }
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts
index 870840eb7..5655884ea 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { PortForwarderInstance, SSHD_IMAGE } from "../port-forwarder/port-forwar
 import { getReaper, REAPER_IMAGE } from "../reaper/reaper";
 import { StartedTestContainer, TestContainer } from "../test-container";
 import {
+  ArchiveToCopy,
   BindMount,
   ContentToCopy,
   DirectoryToCopy,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export class GenericContainer implements TestContainer {
   protected filesToCopy: FileToCopy[] = [];
   protected directoriesToCopy: DirectoryToCopy[] = [];
   protected contentsToCopy: ContentToCopy[] = [];
+  protected archivesToCopy: ArchiveToCopy[] = [];
   protected healthCheck?: HealthCheck;
 
   constructor(image: string) {
@@ -180,6 +182,10 @@ export class GenericContainer implements TestContainer {
       await client.container.putArchive(container, archive, "/");
     }
 
+    for (const archive of this.archivesToCopy) {
+      await client.container.putArchive(container, archive.tar, archive.target);
+    }
+
     log.info(`Starting container for image "${this.createOpts.Image}"...`, { containerId: container.id });
     if (this.containerCreated) {
       await this.containerCreated(container.id);
@@ -458,6 +464,11 @@ export class GenericContainer implements TestContainer {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public withCopyArchivesToContainer(archivesToCopy: ArchiveToCopy[]): this {
+    this.archivesToCopy = [...this.archivesToCopy, ...archivesToCopy];
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public withWorkingDir(workingDir: string): this {
     this.createOpts.WorkingDir = workingDir;
     return this;
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/started-generic-container.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/started-generic-container.ts
index 51e4e25d5..b0bc42cd6 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/started-generic-container.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/generic-container/started-generic-container.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ export class StartedGenericContainer implements StartedTestContainer {
     log.debug(`Copied content to container`, { containerId: this.container.id });
   }
 
+  public async copyArchiveToContainer(tar: Readable, target = "/"): Promise<void> {
+    log.debug(`Copying archive to container...`, { containerId: this.container.id });
+    const client = await getContainerRuntimeClient();
+    await client.container.putArchive(this.container, tar, target);
+    log.debug(`Copied archive to container`, { containerId: this.container.id });
+  }
+
   public async copyArchiveFromContainer(path: string): Promise<NodeJS.ReadableStream> {
     log.debug(`Copying archive "${path}" from container...`, { containerId: this.container.id });
     const client = await getContainerRuntimeClient();
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/test-container.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/test-container.ts
index 82a12a25f..84e9633de 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/test-container.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/test-container.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Readable } from "stream";
 import { StartedNetwork } from "./network/network";
 import {
+  ArchiveToCopy,
   BindMount,
   CommitOptions,
   ContentToCopy,
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export interface TestContainer {
   withCopyFilesToContainer(filesToCopy: FileToCopy[]): this;
   withCopyDirectoriesToContainer(directoriesToCopy: DirectoryToCopy[]): this;
   withCopyContentToContainer(contentsToCopy: ContentToCopy[]): this;
+  withCopyArchivesToContainer(archivesToCopy: ArchiveToCopy[]): this;
 
   withWorkingDir(workingDir: string): this;
   withResourcesQuota(resourcesQuota: ResourcesQuota): this;
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ export interface StartedTestContainer {
   getNetworkId(networkName: string): string;
   getIpAddress(networkName: string): string;
   copyArchiveFromContainer(path: string): Promise<NodeJS.ReadableStream>;
+  copyArchiveToContainer(tar: Readable, target?: string): Promise<void>;
   copyDirectoriesToContainer(directoriesToCopy: DirectoryToCopy[]): Promise<void>;
   copyFilesToContainer(filesToCopy: FileToCopy[]): Promise<void>;
   copyContentToContainer(contentsToCopy: ContentToCopy[]): Promise<void>;
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/types.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/types.ts
index 5d078eb73..6b5961326 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/types.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export type ContentToCopy = {
   mode?: number;
 };
 
+export type ArchiveToCopy = {
+  tar: Readable;
+  target: string;
+};
+
 export type TmpFs = { [dir in string]: string };
 
 export type Ulimits = { [name: string]: { hard: number | undefined; soft: number | undefined } };