diff --git a/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs b/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs
index 1d6046aa83..c07e33e162 100644
--- a/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs
+++ b/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 using NSubstitute;
 using Xunit;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net;
+using Octokit.Internal;
 
 namespace Octokit.Tests.Clients
 {
@@ -748,7 +750,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl1()
                 const string expectedUri = "repos/org/repo/tarball/";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -762,7 +764,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl1WithRepositoryId()
                 const string expectedUri = "repositories/1/tarball/";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -776,7 +778,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl2()
                 const string expectedUri = "repos/org/repo/zipball/";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -790,7 +792,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl2WithRepositoryId()
                 const string expectedUri = "repositories/1/zipball/";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -804,7 +806,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl3()
                 const string expectedUri = "repos/org/repo/zipball/ref";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -818,7 +820,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl3WithRepositoryId()
                 const string expectedUri = "repositories/1/zipball/ref";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -832,7 +834,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl4()
                 const string expectedUri = "repos/org/repo/zipball/ref";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -846,7 +848,7 @@ public async Task RequestsCorrectUrl4WithRepositoryId()
                 const string expectedUri = "repositories/1/zipball/ref";
                 var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
 
-                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+                connection.Connection.Received().GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), null, Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -882,6 +884,27 @@ public async Task EnsuresNonNullArguments()
 
                 await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentException>(() => client.GetArchive(1, ArchiveFormat.Tarball, "ref", TimeSpan.Zero));
             }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public async Task ReturnsExpectedContent()
+            {
+                var headers = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+                var response = TestSetup.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, headers);
+                var responseTask = Task.FromResult<IApiResponse<byte[]>>(new ApiResponse<byte[]>(response));
+
+                var connection = Substitute.For<IConnection>();
+                connection.GetRaw(Arg.Is<Uri>(u => u.ToString() == "repos/org/repo/tarball/"), null, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60))
+                    .Returns(responseTask);
+
+                var apiConnection = Substitute.For<IApiConnection>();
+                apiConnection.Connection.Returns(connection);
+
+                var client = new RepositoryContentsClient(apiConnection);
+
+                var actual = await client.GetArchive("org", "repo");
+
+                Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, actual);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs b/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
index 200cc473a0..409acd9559 100644
--- a/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ public async Task<byte[]> GetArchive(string owner, string name, ArchiveFormat ar
 
             var endpoint = ApiUrls.RepositoryArchiveLink(owner, name, archiveFormat, reference);
 
-            var response = await Connection.Get<byte[]>(endpoint, timeout).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var response = await Connection.GetRaw(endpoint, null, timeout).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             return response.Body;
         }
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public async Task<byte[]> GetArchive(long repositoryId, ArchiveFormat archiveFor
 
             var endpoint = ApiUrls.RepositoryArchiveLink(repositoryId, archiveFormat, reference);
 
-            var response = await Connection.Get<byte[]>(endpoint, timeout).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var response = await Connection.GetRaw(endpoint, null, timeout).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             return response.Body;
         }
diff --git a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
index c0fc81f4ee..3225bf88db 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
@@ -242,7 +242,21 @@ public Task<IApiResponse<byte[]>> GetRaw(Uri uri, IDictionary<string, string> pa
                 Endpoint = uri.ApplyParameters(parameters)
             });
         }
-        
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public Task<IApiResponse<byte[]>> GetRaw(Uri uri, IDictionary<string, string> parameters, TimeSpan timeout)
+        {
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(uri, nameof(uri));
+
+            return GetRaw(new Request
+            {
+                Method = HttpMethod.Get,
+                BaseAddress = BaseAddress,
+                Endpoint = uri.ApplyParameters(parameters),
+                Timeout = timeout
+            });
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public Task<IApiResponse<Stream>> GetRawStream(Uri uri, IDictionary<string, string> parameters)
         {
diff --git a/Octokit/Http/IConnection.cs b/Octokit/Http/IConnection.cs
index 8301b64c0d..c9f8daa848 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/IConnection.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/IConnection.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,17 @@ public interface IConnection : IApiInfoProvider
         /// <returns><seealso cref="IResponse"/> representing the received HTTP response</returns>
         /// <remarks>The <see cref="IResponse.Body"/> property will be <c>null</c> if the <paramref name="uri"/> points to a directory instead of a file</remarks>
         Task<IApiResponse<byte[]>> GetRaw(Uri uri, IDictionary<string, string> parameters);
-        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Performs an asynchronous HTTP GET request that expects a <seealso cref="IResponse"/> containing raw data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="uri">URI endpoint to send request to</param>
+        /// <param name="parameters">Querystring parameters for the request</param>
+        /// <param name="timeout">The Timeout value</param>
+        /// <returns><seealso cref="IResponse"/> representing the received HTTP response</returns>
+        /// <remarks>The <see cref="IResponse.Body"/> property will be <c>null</c> if the <paramref name="uri"/> points to a directory instead of a file</remarks>
+        Task<IApiResponse<byte[]>> GetRaw(Uri uri, IDictionary<string, string> parameters, TimeSpan timeout);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Performs an asynchronous HTTP GET request that expects a <seealso cref="IResponse"/> containing raw data.
         /// </summary>