diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/TarArchiver.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/TarArchiver.java
index 00f75bee07484abc7e507800085b58475cad7875..4cfa5ce9875939b4a7964cc7e349feec9f5b2263 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/TarArchiver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/TarArchiver.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ final class TarArchiver extends Archiver {
                 // so don't do anything in flush
             }
         });    
+        tar.setBigNumberMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.BIGNUMBER_STAR);
         tar.setLongFileMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.LONGFILE_GNU);
     }