diff --git a/tools/tar/patches/110-symlink-force-permissions.patch b/tools/tar/patches/110-symlink-force-permissions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83dbda6ec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tar/patches/110-symlink-force-permissions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/src/create.c
++++ b/src/create.c
+@@ -1851,6 +1851,7 @@ dump_file0 (struct tar_stat_info *st, ch
+ #ifdef HAVE_READLINK
+   else if (S_ISLNK (st->stat.st_mode))
+     {
++      st->stat.st_mode |= 0777; /* make permissions portable */
+       st->link_name = areadlinkat_with_size (parentfd, name, st->stat.st_size);
+       if (!st->link_name)
+ 	{