diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 0e097f1931..b4c063ddd6 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ HOW TO RELEASE
 --------------
 
  - Set RELEASE=1 in global.mk and r2-bindings/config.mk.acr
+ - Use bsdtar from libarchive package. GNU tar is broken
 
   == RADARE2
    - bump revision
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9bd827ef67..33d547f0bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 include config-user.mk
 include global.mk
 
-ifneq ($(shell tar --help 2>/dev/null|grep gnu.org),)
-TAR=tar -czv --format=posix -f
+ifneq ($(shell bsdtar -h 2>/dev/null|grep bsdtar),)
+TAR=bsdtar czvf
 else
 TAR=tar -czvf
 endif
diff --git a/r2-bindings/Makefile b/r2-bindings/Makefile
index fbf6b95455..d135493bba 100644
--- a/r2-bindings/Makefile
+++ b/r2-bindings/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -include config.mk
-ifneq ($(shell tar --help 2>/dev/null|grep gnu.org),)
-TAR=tar -czv --format=posix -f
+ifneq ($(shell bsdtar -h 2>/dev/null|grep bsdtar),)
+TAR=bsdtar czvf
 else
 TAR=tar -czvf
 endif