diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 68b9d30..ae26b03 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ how big a block of memory to allocate by decreasing the number of threads to
 be used and then aborting to a minimum value should it still be too much
 apparent ram.
 * Big Endian fixes.
+* Change lrztar and lrzuntar to not use temporary files.
 * Countless other fixes, documentation and cleanups.
 
 MARCH 2011, version 0.571 Con Kolivas
diff --git a/WHATS-NEW b/WHATS-NEW
index 055771f..43fb99d 100644
--- a/WHATS-NEW
+++ b/WHATS-NEW
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ aborting to a nominal minimum.
 A new build configuration system which should be more robust and provides
 neater output during compilation.
 lrzip should work again on big endian hardware.
+lrztar / lrzuntar will no longer use temporary files.
 
 lrzip-0.571
 
diff --git a/lrztar b/lrztar
index 7f69321..eb5bf7a 100755
--- a/lrztar
+++ b/lrztar
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function lrztar_local() {
         }
         [[ ${s%/*} != $s ]] && i="${s%/*}/" || i="./"
         tname="$i$tname"
-        lrzip $p "$i$fname" && tar xf "$tname"
+        lrzip $p "$i$fname" -o - | tar x
         x=$?
     } || {
         fname="$(basename "$s")"; tname="$fname.tar"
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ function lrztar_local() {
             printf "lrztar: $fname is already a .lrz file, aborting\n"
             return 1
         }
-        tar cf "$tname" "$s" && lrzip $p "$tname"
+        tar c "$s" | lrzip $p -o "$tname".lrz
         x=$?
     }
-    rm -rf "$tname" &> /dev/null
     ! ((x)) && ((v_D)) && rm -rf "$s" &> /dev/null
     return $x
 }