diff -Nur tar-1.13.orig/src/tar.c tar-1.13/src/tar.c
--- tar-1.13.orig/src/tar.c	1999-07-07 00:49:50.000000000 -0500
+++ tar-1.13/src/tar.c	2017-12-22 00:39:37.515271544 -0600
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 
+/* Patched to integrate bzip2 as compression filter (option -j)  */
+
 #include "system.h"
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -164,6 +166,8 @@
   {"block-number", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
   {"block-size", required_argument, NULL, OBSOLETE_BLOCKING_FACTOR},
   {"blocking-factor", required_argument, NULL, 'b'},
+  {"bzip2", required_argument, NULL, 'j'},
+  {"bunzip2", required_argument, NULL, 'j'},
   {"catenate", no_argument, NULL, 'A'},
   {"checkpoint", no_argument, &checkpoint_option, 1},
   {"compare", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
@@ -340,6 +344,7 @@
               PATTERN                at list/extract time, a globbing PATTERN\n\
   -o, --old-archive, --portability   write a V7 format archive\n\
       --posix                        write a POSIX conformant archive\n\
+  -j, --bzip2, --bunzip2             filter the archive through bzip2\n\
   -z, --gzip, --ungzip               filter the archive through gzip\n\
   -Z, --compress, --uncompress       filter the archive through compress\n\
       --use-compress-program=PROG    filter through PROG (must accept -d)\n"),
@@ -410,13 +415,13 @@
 | Parse the options for tar.  |
 `----------------------------*/
 
-/* Available option letters are DEHIJQY and aejnqy.  Some are reserved:
+/* Available option letters are DEHIJQY and aenqy.  Some are reserved:
 
    y  per-file gzip compression
    Y  per-block gzip compression */
 
 #define OPTION_STRING \
-  "-01234567ABC:F:GK:L:MN:OPRST:UV:WX:Zb:cdf:g:hiklmoprstuvwxz"
+  "-01234567ABC:F:GK:L:MN:OPRST:UV:WX:Zb:cdf:g:hijklmoprstuvwxz"
 
 static void
 set_subcommand_option (enum subcommand subcommand)
@@ -788,6 +793,10 @@
 	  FATAL_ERROR ((0, errno, "%s", optarg));
 	break;
 
+      case 'j':
+        set_use_compress_program_option ("bzip2");
+        break;
+
       case 'z':
 	set_use_compress_program_option ("gzip");
 	break;