lib/PublicInbox/LeiRemote.pm  | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiRemote.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiRemote.pm
index 399fc9362c4792521b143bba5c3c64a1b0b3f45c..945d9990a535e7bb4a6c2b6d41ce40f99055b583 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiRemote.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiRemote.pm
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ 	my $rdr = { 2 => $lei->{2}, pgid => 0 };
 	my ($fh, $pid) = popen_rd($cmd, undef, $rdr);
 	my $reap = PublicInbox::OnDestroy->new($lei->can('sigint_reap'), $pid);
 	$self->{smsg} = [];
-	$fh = IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new($fh);
+	$fh = IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new($fh, MultiStream => 1);
 	PublicInbox::MboxReader->mboxrd($fh, \&_each_mboxrd_eml, $self);
 	my $err = waitpid($pid, 0) == $pid ? undef
 					: "BUG: waitpid($cmd): $!";
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 1a194f1c9dd9d45285e21bba796a0feb33095cc2..f3b8cc25f912c7571c65cb22c5fcb85d2345057c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ 		my $cmd = $curl->for_uri($lei, $uri);
 		$lei->qerr("# $cmd");
 		my ($fh, $pid) = popen_rd($cmd, undef, $rdr);
 		$reap_curl = PublicInbox::OnDestroy->new($sigint_reap, $pid);
-		$fh = IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new($fh);
+		$fh = IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new($fh, MultiStream => 1);
 		PublicInbox::MboxReader->mboxrd($fh, \&each_remote_eml, $self,
 						$lei, $each_smsg);
 		my $err = waitpid($pid, 0) == $pid ? undef