diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index 03cf6bb8949c..df165ac85acd 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
           <finalName>hbase-${project.version}</finalName>
           <skipAssembly>false</skipAssembly>
           <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+          <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
           <descriptors>
             <descriptor>${assembly.file}</descriptor>
             <descriptor>src/main/assembly/hadoop-two-compat.xml</descriptor>