diff --git a/src/decode.rs b/src/decode.rs
index fb9b5b1..2bc384f 100644
--- a/src/decode.rs
+++ b/src/decode.rs
@@ -134,12 +134,16 @@ where
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if let Some(expected_size) = metadata.size {
-                if expected_size != num_bytes {
-                    return Err(DecodeError::IncompleteData {
-                        expected_size,
-                        actual_size: num_bytes,
-                    });
+
+            if let Some(end) = metadata.end {
+                if let Some(begin) = metadata.begin {
+                    let expected_size = end - begin + 1;
+                    if expected_size != num_bytes {
+                        return Err(DecodeError::IncompleteData {
+                            expected_size,
+                            actual_size: num_bytes,
+                        });
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -205,6 +209,8 @@ fn parse_header_line(line_buf: &[u8]) -> Result<MetaData, DecodeError> {
         });
     }
 
+    let is_yend = header_line.starts_with("=yend ");
+
     let offset = match line_buf.iter().position(|&c| c == b' ') {
         Some(pos) => pos + 1,
         None => {
@@ -311,6 +317,17 @@ fn parse_header_line(line_buf: &[u8]) -> Result<MetaData, DecodeError> {
                         keyword_start_idx = None;
                         value_start_idx = None;
                     }
+                    LF | CR if is_yend => {
+                        metadata.size = match String::from_utf8_lossy(value).parse::<usize>() {
+                            Ok(size) => Some(size),
+                            Err(_) => {
+                                return Err(DecodeError::InvalidHeader {
+                                    line: header_line,
+                                    position,
+                                })
+                            }
+                        };
+                    }
                     _ => {
                         return Err(DecodeError::InvalidHeader {
                             line: header_line,
@@ -430,6 +447,19 @@ fn parse_header_line(line_buf: &[u8]) -> Result<MetaData, DecodeError> {
                         keyword_start_idx = None;
                         value_start_idx = None;
                     }
+                    LF | CR if is_yend && keyword == b"part" => {
+                        let number = match String::from_utf8_lossy(value).parse::<u32>() {
+                            Ok(size) => Some(size),
+                            Err(_) => {
+                                return Err(DecodeError::InvalidHeader {
+                                    line: header_line,
+                                    position,
+                                })
+                            }
+                        };
+
+                        metadata.part = number;
+                    }
                     _ => {
                         return Err(DecodeError::InvalidHeader {
                             line: header_line,
@@ -535,6 +565,25 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(Some(0xae05_2b48), metadata.pcrc32);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_valid_footer_end_space_no_checksums() {
+        let parse_result = parse_header_line(b"=yend size=26624 part=1\n");
+        assert!(parse_result.is_ok());
+        let metadata = parse_result.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Some(1), metadata.part);
+        assert_eq!(Some(26624), metadata.size);
+        assert_eq!(None, metadata.pcrc32);
+        assert_eq!(None, metadata.crc32);
+
+        let parse_result = parse_header_line(b"=yend size=26624 part=1\r\n");
+        assert!(parse_result.is_ok());
+        let metadata = parse_result.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Some(1), metadata.part);
+        assert_eq!(Some(26624), metadata.size);
+        assert_eq!(None, metadata.pcrc32);
+        assert_eq!(None, metadata.crc32);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_valid_header_begin() {
         let parse_result = parse_header_line(
diff --git a/testdata/yenc.org/testfile_no_checksums.txt.yenc b/testdata/yenc.org/testfile_no_checksums.txt.yenc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..041eab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/yenc.org/testfile_no_checksums.txt.yenc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+=ybegin line=128 size=584 name=testfile.txt
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+PONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=}<;:9876543210/.-,+*74k}mssdJZXX\__74*+,-./0123456789:;<=}>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmno
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+����������������=@
	=J=M !"#$%&'()74o��J��J~�������74
+=yend size=584
diff --git a/tests/singlepart.rs b/tests/singlepart.rs
index 84562db..76f9061 100644
--- a/tests/singlepart.rs
+++ b/tests/singlepart.rs
@@ -34,3 +34,22 @@ fn decode() {
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(decoded.as_slice(), &expected_decoded[..]);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn decode_no_checksums() {
+    let data = include_bytes!("../testdata/yenc.org/testfile_no_checksums.txt.yenc");
+    let expected_decoded = include_bytes!("../testdata/yenc.org/testfile.txt");
+    let mut decoded = Vec::<u8>::new();
+    let mut c = std::io::Cursor::new(&data[..]);
+    let tmpdir = temp_dir();
+    let mut tmpfile = tmpdir.clone();
+    tmpfile.push("testfile.txt");
+    let decode_options = yenc::DecodeOptions::new(tmpdir);
+    decode_options.decode_stream(&mut c).unwrap();
+    File::open(&tmpfile)
+        .unwrap()
+        .read_to_end(&mut decoded)
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(decoded.as_slice(), &expected_decoded[..]);
+}