diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
index 08794a33e..230fa9ce0 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from ... import platform
 from ...constants import *  # NOQA
+from ...constants import zeros
 from ...manifest import Manifest
 from ...platform import is_cygwin, is_win32, is_darwin
 from ...repository import Repository
@@ -926,3 +927,127 @@ def test_common_options(archivers, request):
     cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
     log = cmd(archiver, "--debug", "create", "test", "input")
     assert "security: read previous location" in log
+
+
+def test_create_big_zeros_files(archivers, request):
+    """Test creating an archive from 10 files with 10MB zeros each."""
+    archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
+    # Create 10 files with 10,000,000 bytes of zeros each
+    count, size = 10, 10 * 1000 * 1000
+    assert size <= len(zeros)
+    for i in range(count):
+        create_regular_file(archiver.input_path, f"zeros_{i}", contents=memoryview(zeros)[:size])
+    # Create repository and archive
+    cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
+    cmd(archiver, "create", "test", "input")
+
+    # Extract the archive to verify contents
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as extract_path:
+        with changedir(extract_path):
+            cmd(archiver, "extract", "test")
+
+            # Verify that the extracted files have the correct contents
+            for i in range(count):
+                extracted_file_path = os.path.join(extract_path, "input", f"zeros_{i}")
+                with open(extracted_file_path, "rb") as f:
+                    extracted_data = f.read()
+                    # Verify the file contains only zeros and has the correct size
+                    assert extracted_data == bytes(size)
+                    assert len(extracted_data) == size
+
+            # Also verify the directory structure matches
+            assert_dirs_equal(archiver.input_path, os.path.join(extract_path, "input"))
+
+
+def test_create_big_random_files(archivers, request):
+    """Test creating an archive from 10 files with 10MB random data each."""
+    archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
+    # Create 10 files with 10,000,000 bytes of random data each
+    count, size = 10, 10 * 1000 * 1000
+    random_data = {}
+    for i in range(count):
+        data = os.urandom(size)
+        random_data[i] = data
+        create_regular_file(archiver.input_path, f"random_{i}", contents=data)
+    # Create repository and archive
+    cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
+    cmd(archiver, "create", "test", "input")
+
+    # Extract the archive to verify contents
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as extract_path:
+        with changedir(extract_path):
+            cmd(archiver, "extract", "test")
+
+            # Verify that the extracted files have the correct contents
+            for i in range(count):
+                extracted_file_path = os.path.join(extract_path, "input", f"random_{i}")
+                with open(extracted_file_path, "rb") as f:
+                    extracted_data = f.read()
+                    # Verify the file contains the original random data and has the correct size
+                    assert extracted_data == random_data[i]
+                    assert len(extracted_data) == size
+
+            # Also verify the directory structure matches
+            assert_dirs_equal(archiver.input_path, os.path.join(extract_path, "input"))
+
+
+def test_create_with_compression_algorithms(archivers, request):
+    """Test creating archives with different compression algorithms."""
+    archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
+
+    # Create test files: 5 files with zeros (highly compressible) and 5 with random data (incompressible)
+    count, size = 5, 1 * 1000 * 1000  # 1MB per file
+    random_data = {}
+
+    # Create zeros files
+    for i in range(count):
+        create_regular_file(archiver.input_path, f"zeros_{i}", contents=memoryview(zeros)[:size])
+
+    # Create random files
+    for i in range(count):
+        data = os.urandom(size)
+        random_data[i] = data
+        create_regular_file(archiver.input_path, f"random_{i}", contents=data)
+
+    # Create repository
+    cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
+
+    # Test different compression algorithms
+    algorithms = [
+        "none",  # No compression
+        "lz4",  # Fast compression
+        "zlib,6",  # Medium compression
+        "zstd,3",  # Good compression/speed balance
+        "lzma,6",  # High compression
+    ]
+
+    for algo in algorithms:
+        # Create archive with specific compression algorithm
+        archive_name = f"test_{algo.replace(',', '_')}"
+        cmd(archiver, "create", "--compression", algo, archive_name, "input")
+
+        # Extract the archive to verify contents
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as extract_path:
+            with changedir(extract_path):
+                cmd(archiver, "extract", archive_name)
+
+                # Verify zeros files
+                for i in range(count):
+                    extracted_file_path = os.path.join(extract_path, "input", f"zeros_{i}")
+                    with open(extracted_file_path, "rb") as f:
+                        extracted_data = f.read()
+                        # Verify the file contains only zeros and has the correct size
+                        assert extracted_data == bytes(size)
+                        assert len(extracted_data) == size
+
+                # Verify random files
+                for i in range(count):
+                    extracted_file_path = os.path.join(extract_path, "input", f"random_{i}")
+                    with open(extracted_file_path, "rb") as f:
+                        extracted_data = f.read()
+                        # Verify the file contains the original random data and has the correct size
+                        assert extracted_data == random_data[i]
+                        assert len(extracted_data) == size
+
+                # Also verify the directory structure matches
+                assert_dirs_equal(archiver.input_path, os.path.join(extract_path, "input"))