diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtils.java
index 04e9eb9facf..81f8f915062 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtils.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.output.NullOutputStream;
 
 /**
  * Utility functions.
@@ -138,15 +139,7 @@ public static long copyRange(final InputStream input, final long length, final O
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("bufferSize must be bigger than 0");
         }
         final byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) Math.min(bufferSize, Math.max(0, length))];
-        int n = 0;
-        long count = 0;
-        while (count < length && -1 != (n = input.read(buffer, 0, (int) Math.min(length - count, buffer.length)))) {
-            if (output != null) {
-                output.write(buffer, 0, n);
-            }
-            count += n;
-        }
-        return count;
+        return org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copyLarge(input, output != null ? output : NullOutputStream.INSTANCE, 0, length, buffer);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtilsTest.java
index 94a29bd50b2..d5ddf22c493 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/utils/IOUtilsTest.java
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ public void testCopyRangeStopsIfThereIsNothingToCopyAnymore() throws IOException
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCopyRangeThrowsOnZeroBufferSize() {
+    public void testCopyRangeThrowsOnZeroBufferSize() throws IOException {
         assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class,
                 () -> IOUtils.copyRange(new ByteArrayInputStream(ByteUtils.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY), 5, new ByteArrayOutputStream(), 0));
+        assertEquals(0, IOUtils.copyRange(new ByteArrayInputStream(ByteUtils.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY), 5, new ByteArrayOutputStream(), 1));
+        assertEquals(0, IOUtils.copyRange(new ByteArrayInputStream(ByteUtils.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY), 5, null, 1));
+        assertEquals(1, IOUtils.copyRange(new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[1]), 5, null, 1));
     }
 
     @Test