diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index a7ece85..db94445 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1565,7 +1565,11 @@ create_apks() {
 		# normalize timestamps
 		find . -exec touch -h -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" {} +
 
-		tar --xattrs -f - -c "$@" | abuild-tar --hash | $gzip -9 >"$dir"/data.tar.gz
+		tar --xattrs \
+			--format=posix \
+			--pax-option=exthdr.name=%d/PaxHeaders/%f,delete=atime,delete=ctime,delete=mtime \
+			--mtime="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" \
+			-f - -c "$@" | abuild-tar --hash | $gzip -n -9 >"$dir"/data.tar.gz
 
 		msg "Create checksum..."
 		# append the hash for data.tar.gz
@@ -1575,8 +1579,12 @@ create_apks() {
 
 		# control.tar.gz
 		cd "$dir"
-		tar -f - -c $(cat "$dir"/.metafiles) | abuild-tar --cut \
-			| $gzip -9 > control.tar.gz
+		tar \
+			--format=posix \
+			--pax-option=exthdr.name=%d/PaxHeaders/%f,delete=atime,delete=ctime,delete=mtime \
+			--mtime="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" \
+			-f - -c $(cat "$dir"/.metafiles) | abuild-tar --cut \
+			| $gzip -n -9 > control.tar.gz
 		abuild-sign -q control.tar.gz || exit 1
 
 		msg "Create $apk"