diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java
index 7975590777..eb7b90acaa 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ private static TarArchiveOutputStream buildTarStream(Path outputPath, boolean gZ
             outputStream = new GzipCompressorOutputStream(outputStream);
         }
         TarArchiveOutputStream tarArchiveOutputStream = new TarArchiveOutputStream(outputStream);
-        tarArchiveOutputStream.setLongFileMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.LONGFILE_GNU);
+        tarArchiveOutputStream.setLongFileMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.LONGFILE_POSIX);
+        tarArchiveOutputStream.setBigNumberMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.BIGNUMBER_POSIX);
         return tarArchiveOutputStream;
     }