diff --git a/scripts/ipkg-build b/scripts/ipkg-build
index c466f28681..6787ed4199 100755
--- a/scripts/ipkg-build
+++ b/scripts/ipkg-build
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ version=1.0
 FIND="$(which find)"
 FIND="${FIND:-$(which gfind)}"
 TAR="${TAR:-$(which tar)}"
+export GZIP="-n"
 
 ipkg_extract_value() {
 	sed -e "s/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//"