diff --git a/fixtures/slip2.zip b/fixtures/slip2.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd6180b
Binary files /dev/null and b/fixtures/slip2.zip differ
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c4ff7dc..f4671b1 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const extractFile = (input, output, opts) => runPlugins(input, opts).then(files
 			.then(() => {
 				return Promise.all([fsP.realpath(path.dirname(dest)), fsP.realpath(output)])
 					.then(([realDestinationDir, realOutputDir]) => {
-						if (realDestinationDir.indexOf(realOutputDir) !== 0) {
+						if (dest.indexOf(realOutputDir) !== 0 || realDestinationDir.indexOf(realOutputDir) !== 0) {
 							throw (new Error('Refusing to write outside output directory: ' + realDestinationDir));
 						}
 					});
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 33dd3a3..b38bf62 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import m from '.';
 const fsP = pify(fs);
 const rimrafP = pify(rimraf);
 
-test.after('ensure decompressed files and directories are cleaned up', async () => {
+test.serial.afterEach('ensure decompressed files and directories are cleaned up', async () => {
 	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'directory'));
 	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'dist'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'file.txt'));
 	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'edge_case_dots'));
+	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'symlink'));
 	await rimrafP(path.join(__dirname, 'test.jpg'));
 });
 
@@ -57,14 +59,12 @@ test.serial('extract file to directory', async t => {
 	t.true(await pathExists(path.join(__dirname, 'test.jpg')));
 });
 
-test('extract symlink', async t => {
+test.serial('extract symlink', async t => {
 	await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'symlink.tar'), __dirname, {strip: 1});
 	t.is(await fsP.realpath(path.join(__dirname, 'symlink')), path.join(__dirname, 'file.txt'));
-	await fsP.unlink(path.join(__dirname, 'symlink'));
-	await fsP.unlink(path.join(__dirname, 'file.txt'));
 });
 
-test('extract directory', async t => {
+test.serial('extract directory', async t => {
 	await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'directory.tar'), __dirname);
 	t.true(await pathExists(path.join(__dirname, 'directory')));
 });
@@ -115,19 +115,25 @@ test('throw when a location outside the root is given', async t => {
 	}, {message: /Refusing/});
 });
 
-test('throw when a location outside the root including symlinks is given', async t => {
+test.serial('throw when a location outside the root including symlinks is given', async t => {
 	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
 		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slip.zip'), 'dist');
 	}, {message: /Refusing/});
 });
 
-test('throw when a directory outside the root including symlinks is given', async t => {
+test.serial('throw when a top-level symlink outside the root is given', async t => {
+	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
+		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slip2.zip'), 'dist');
+	}, {message: /Refusing/});
+});
+
+test.serial('throw when a directory outside the root including symlinks is given', async t => {
 	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
 		await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'slipping_directory.tar.gz'), 'dist');
 	}, {message: /Refusing/});
 });
 
-test('allows filenames and directories to be written with dots in their names', async t => {
+test.serial('allows filenames and directories to be written with dots in their names', async t => {
 	const files = await m(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'edge_case_dots.tar.gz'), __dirname);
 	t.is(files.length, 6);
 	t.deepEqual(files.map(f => f.path).sort(), [