diff --git a/cmake/external/libmct.cmake b/cmake/external/libmct.cmake
index 92c3165fbaa904aa6e7cf08653a5919240628c4e..a166e43c7b95eacb36be5bc5d63a3da4e54d767f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/libmct.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/libmct.cmake
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     PREFIX                ${LIBMCT_PREFIX_DIR}
     DOWNLOAD_DIR          ${LIBMCT_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
     DOWNLOAD_COMMAND      wget --no-check-certificate ${LIBMCT_URL} -c -q -O ${LIBMCT_NAME}.tar.gz
-                          && tar zxvf ${LIBMCT_NAME}.tar.gz
+                          && tar --no-same-owner -zxvf ${LIBMCT_NAME}.tar.gz
     DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS  1
     UPDATE_COMMAND        ""
     CMAKE_ARGS            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBMCT_INSTALL_ROOT}