diff --git a/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c b/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c
index 8d398f8146577df23c2948eb7945618bcb9779e5..80b781086cc3bb63a44d0c337261f01a5da1008b 100644
--- a/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c
+++ b/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ static int tar_all(int fd)
 
     w = archive_write_new();
     archive_write_set_format_pax(w);
+    archive_write_set_options(w, "xattrheader=SCHILY");
     ret = archive_write_open_fd(w, fd);
     if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
         ERROR("open archive write failed: %s", archive_error_string(w));