diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
index 995c1eafaff6156862ad340aa11ff79b3dc96f46..e046bff33589ec3ae492397fd0cd723b9efd3ae7 100644
--- a/scripts/package/buildtar
+++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
@@ -125,12 +125,11 @@ esac
 # Create the tarball
 #
 (
-	cd "${tmpdir}"
 	opts=
 	if tar --owner=root --group=root --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		opts="--owner=root --group=root"
 	fi
-	tar cf - boot/* lib/* $opts | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
+	tar cf - -C "$tmpdir" boot/ lib/ $opts | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
 )
 
 echo "Tarball successfully created in ${tarball}${file_ext}"