1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index ae3e6edef3..cde27e52b5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD_squashfs-lz4 = "mksquashfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAM
 # required when extracting, but it seems prudent to use it in both cases.
 IMAGE_CMD_TAR ?= "tar"
 # ignore return code 1 "file changed as we read it" as other tasks(e.g. do_image_wic) may be hardlinking rootfs
-IMAGE_CMD_tar = "${IMAGE_CMD_TAR} -cf ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} . || [ $? -eq 1 ]"
+IMAGE_CMD_tar = "${IMAGE_CMD_TAR} --numeric-owner -cf ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} . || [ $? -eq 1 ]"
 
 do_image_cpio[cleandirs] += "${WORKDIR}/cpio_append"
 IMAGE_CMD_cpio () {