diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/compressedchart-0.1.0.tar.gz b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/compressedchart-0.1.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c9c24d76
Binary files /dev/null and b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/compressedchart-0.1.0.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/pkg/action/lint.go b/pkg/action/lint.go
index f3ca5ed88..c216c5832 100644
--- a/pkg/action/lint.go
+++ b/pkg/action/lint.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func lintChart(path string, vals map[string]interface{}, namespace string, stric
 	var chartPath string
 	linter := support.Linter{}
 
-	if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".tgz") {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".tgz") || strings.HasSuffix(path, ".tar.gz") {
 		tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "helm-lint")
 		if err != nil {
 			return linter, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to create temp dir to extract tarball")
diff --git a/pkg/action/lint_test.go b/pkg/action/lint_test.go
index b40501cf4..68d3c4bb4 100644
--- a/pkg/action/lint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/action/lint_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ func TestLintChart(t *testing.T) {
 			name:      "archived-chart-path-with-hyphens",
 			chartPath: "../../cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/compressedchart-with-hyphens-0.1.0.tgz",
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "archived-tar-gz-chart-path",
+			chartPath: "../../cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/compressedchart-0.1.0.tar.gz",
+		},
 		{
 			name:      "invalid-archived-chart-path",
 			chartPath: "../../cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/invalidcompressedchart0.1.0.tgz",