diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 74e0bdcf..9b5b5548 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ elif [ "$SUBPROJECT" = buildd ]; then
 	# buildd chroots about twice as fast as xz and about five times as
 	# fast as bzip2.
 	tar --transform='s,^binary,chroot-autobuild,' \
-		--sort=name --numeric-owner \
+		--sort=name --numeric-owner --xattrs \
 		-czf "$PREFIX.rootfs.tar.gz" binary
 fi