diff --git a/build/scripts/build_tgz_archive b/build/scripts/build_tgz_archive
index d65d9bf381..80f74a3c4d 100755
--- a/build/scripts/build_tgz_archive
+++ b/build/scripts/build_tgz_archive
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ done
 echo "Building archive $archive ..."
 $rm -f $archive
 contents=$(cd $outputDir; ls)
-tar -C $outputDir -czf $archive $contents || exit 1
+tar -C $outputDir --format ustar -czf $archive $contents || exit 1
 
 # clean up
 $rm -rf $outputDir