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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}"
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