diff --git a/support/download/cvs b/support/download/cvs
index b771caf280..a6840fea7b 100755
--- a/support/download/cvs
+++ b/support/download/cvs
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ export TZ=UTC
 _cvs ${quiet} -z3 -d"'${uri}'" \
      co "${@}" -d "'${basename}'" ${select} "'${rev}'" -P "'${rawname}'"
 
-tar czf "${output}" "${basename}"
+${TAR} czf "${output}" "${basename}"