1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
index b1fd48db1640..51b2aa0acb82 100644
--- a/scripts/package/buildtar
+++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ esac
 #
 (
         cd "${tmpdir}"
-        tar cf - . | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
+        opts=
+        if tar --owner=root --group=root --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                opts="--owner=root --group=root"
+        fi
+        tar cf - . $opts | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
 )
 
 echo "Tarball successfully created in ${tarball}${file_ext}"