diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cea0d80..2a1d91a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ assert_eq!(kind.extension(), "foo");
 - **zst** - `application/zstd`
 - **msi** - `application/x-ole-storage`
 - **cpio** - `application/x-cpio`
+- **par2** - `application/x-par2`
 
 #### Book
 
diff --git a/src/map.rs b/src/map.rs
index cd0b9ad..ebf1428 100644
--- a/src/map.rs
+++ b/src/map.rs
@@ -443,6 +443,12 @@ matcher_map!(
         "application/x-tar",
         "tar",
         matchers::archive::is_tar
+    ),
+     (
+        MatcherType::Archive,
+        "application/x-par2",
+        "par2",
+        matchers::archive::is_par2
     ),
     (
         MatcherType::Archive,
diff --git a/src/matchers/archive.rs b/src/matchers/archive.rs
index ff03ca3..02906d6 100644
--- a/src/matchers/archive.rs
+++ b/src/matchers/archive.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ pub fn is_tar(buf: &[u8]) -> bool {
         && buf[261] == 0x72
 }
 
+pub fn is_par2(buf: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    buf.len() > 8
+        && buf[0] == 0x50
+        && buf[1] == 0x41
+        && buf[2] == 0x52
+        && buf[3] == 0x32
+        && buf[4] == 0x00
+        && buf[5] == 0x50
+        && buf[6] == 0x4B
+        && buf[7] == 0x54
+}
+
 /// Returns whether a buffer is a RAR archive.
 pub fn is_rar(buf: &[u8]) -> bool {
     buf.len() > 6
diff --git a/tests/archive.rs b/tests/archive.rs
index 6c34ee5..28bef76 100644
--- a/tests/archive.rs
+++ b/tests/archive.rs
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ test_format!(
     zst_skip,
     "sample.skippable.zst"
 );
+test_format!(Archive, "application/x-par2", "par2", par2, "sample.par2");