diff --git a/fs/tar/tar.mk b/fs/tar/tar.mk
index e39c2fdbf1..5535119724 100644
--- a/fs/tar/tar.mk
+++ b/fs/tar/tar.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ TAR_OPTS := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR_OPTIONS))
 
 define ROOTFS_TAR_CMD
 	(cd $(TARGET_DIR); find -print0 | LC_ALL=C sort -z | \
-		tar $(TAR_OPTS) -cf $@ --null --no-recursion -T - --numeric-owner)
+		tar $(TAR_OPTS) -cf $@ --null --xattrs-include='*' --no-recursion -T - --numeric-owner)
 endef
 
 $(eval $(rootfs))